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Moussa Faki of the African Union warns that the ceasefire in Western Sahara could be broken. Stock Photography.
The African Union (AU) expresses great concern about the threat of a ceasefire in Western Sahara, which has been in place since 1991.
The proposal of the Organization of African Cooperation comes after the independence movement of Western Sahara Polisario declared that the ceasefire is something that “belongs to the past”.
The Polisario movement, in turn, followed Morocco’s military operation to reopen a highway leading to Mauritania.
Moroccan operation
Moroccan forces began military action in Guerguerat on Friday. The outpost is the last to be fully controlled by Morocco, before continuing into a buffer zone and into Mauritania.
“The war has broken out, the Moroccan side has annihilated the ceasefire agreement,” said Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) proclaimed by the Polisario on Friday.
The Chairman of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki, expresses “great concern as the situation in Western Sahara, especially in the Guerguerat buffer zone, has deteriorated.”
Spanish call
In the statement, Moussa Faki notes that development may mean breaking the 1991 ceasefire.
UN chief António Guterres also says he is deeply concerned about development.
Former colonial power Spain asks the parties to return immediately to the negotiating table “to seek a political solution, just, sustainable and acceptable to both parties.”
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