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Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddin El Othmani says the movement of cargo trucks in both directions has returned again, at the Guerguerat crossing, “after weeks of obstruction of the Polisario movement in the Sahara,” as he put it.
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Road leading to the Guerguerat junction
Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddin El Othmani announced the resumption of work on the Guerguerat crossing between Morocco and Mauritania.
Al-Othmani, in a tweet on Twitter, said that the movement in “both directions of the cargo trucks has returned again after weeks of obstruction of the Polisario movement in the desert that ended with a military operation.”
Today, road transport resumed, between #Morocco, West, sunset Y #Mauritania Across the border post to #Curvy In both directions, dozens of cargo trucks crossed, which remained for three weeks at the border due to the obstruction of traffic by the militia from the separatist front at the crossing. pic.twitter.com/PW8dAAQMMQ
– EL OTMANI Saad Dinner (@Elotmanisaad) November 14, 2020
The Moroccan News Agency announced that the situation was “very calm” in the “Guerguerat” region, which during the last two days witnessed clashes between the Moroccan army and the “Polisario” front.
The agency explained that the operation carried out by the army in the region allowed it to “expel” the Polisario from the border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania, and noted that the Armed Forces had given “the final touches to the preparations for the reopening of this road corridor , which was closed for 3 weeks by “Polisario forces.” According to the agency.
He added that “this crossing has been completely secured by members of the Armed Forces through the establishment of a seatbelt, with the aim of ensuring the flow of goods and personnel,” highlighting that this is in accordance with the instructions of the country’s king. , Mohammed VI.
Morocco had announced the start of a military operation in the Guerguerat border region, in the face of what it described as “dangerous and unacceptable provocations by members of the Polisario.” As for the “Polisario” front, he speaks of the outbreak of war with Morocco after the torpedoing of the ceasefire.
The secretary general of the “Polisario” Front, Ibrahim Ghali, announced the end of the commitment to the ceasefire with Morocco, blaming the United Nations in part “after its continuous silence on the Moroccan attacks.”
“We will take steps to implement the decree ending the commitment to the ceasefire while we declare a state of war,” Ghali said.
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