The Polisario Front has reiterated the total rejection by the Sahrawi people of all false compromises intended to legitimize Moroccan occupation or bypass the legitimate national ambitions of the Sahrawi population regarding freedom, independence, and full sovereignty across their complete national territory. This declaration comes as a high-ranking American delegation commenced a visit to Western Sahara within the framework of efforts to restart negotiations between Polisario and Morocco.
In a statement concluding the work of its 10th ordinary session, conducted under the leadership of Polisario Front Secretary-General and SADR President Brahim Ghali, the National Secretariat reaffirmed the Sahrawi side’s determination to see international efforts succeed, after reviewing ongoing steps within the UN-sponsored peace process.
In the same official communique, Polisario reiterated once again that a fair and durable resolution to the Western Sahara dispute depends on respecting the unalienable right of the Sahrawi population to self-determination and independence.
In this context, the representative of the Sahrawi people stressed that any resolution must rely on clear, fundamental principles, led by the guarantee of the unalienable, non-negotiable, and indefeasible right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and independence through a free, transparent, and democratic process aligning with relevant United Nations General Assembly resolutions.
The National Secretariat renewed its appeal to the United Nations and its competent organs to fully take up their responsibilities in completing the decolonization process in Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony, which has featured on the UN agenda since 1963.
It should be highlighted that during his address last Thursday at the opening of this National Secretariat session, President Ghali affirmed that the Sahrawi people remain steadfastly committed to their unalienable and non-negotiable right to freedom and independence, rejecting all compromises aimed at depriving them of this right or circumventing it.
He emphasized that resolving the Sahrawi question must rest on honoring the unalienable right of the Sahrawi people and conducting a fair, transparent referendum in accordance with relevant United Nations resolutions, highlighting the distinct nature of the current phase ahead of the 17th Polisario Front Congress, which demands vigilance, mobilization, and preparation to confront challenges and foil enemy plans.
On another front, he warned against the threat posed by Morocco to its neighbors due to expansionist policies and drug trafficking aimed at funding terrorist networks and organized transnational crime, as well as enabling external agendas.
—-Deadly Moroccan Drone Strike
Meanwhile, according to the Sahrawi Press Agency, a Polisario military commander and three other Sahrawi fighters were killed Saturday by a Moroccan drone strike in the Mahbes region of Western Sahara.
“The head of the sixth military region, Abba Ali Hamudi, member of the Polisario National Secretariat, fell on the field of honor along with three fellow fighters,” the agency announced. The Sahrawi presidency declared three days of national mourning following this Moroccan attack.
According to other media outlets, Moroccan aviation carried out the strikes using two Israeli-manufactured drones inside a buffer zone near the sand wall built by Moroccan occupation forces to divide occupied Sahrawi territory from liberated zones.
This Moroccan escalation arrives as a US delegation, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North African Affairs Joshua Harris, began a visit to Sahrawi territory last Friday as part of efforts to reactivate the UN-sponsored peace initiative in Western Sahara.