Polisario addressed a letter to the council that urged the UN to conduct direct negotiations with Morocco.

In light of the upcoming UN Security Council meeting to discuss the Sahara issue, Polisario Front’s New York representative addressed a letter to the council that urged the UN to conduct direct negotiations with Morocco.

Moroccan political analyst reacted by saying that this is a repetitive behavior stemming from a “bankrupt mentality” that precedes the council meeting.

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Abderrahim Manar Slimi, President of the Atlantic Center for Strategic Studies and Security Analysis, stated that the Separatist front is used to do such things whenever Security Council meetings approach.

The meeting in question falls in line with Staffan Di Mistura, Special Envoy for the Sahara’s continuous push for a resolution, as he plans to discuss the latest developments in this regard at April 19’s meeting.

Di Mistura recently met with diplomats in New York, reiterating that he’s open to recommendations despite the challenge of restarting direct talks between Algeria and Morocco, as Rabat insists that Algeria must be present as a major player in the conflict and not only as an observer.

Slimi said that “For starters, the message of Sidi Mohamed Ammar, who is residing in the Algerian Embassy in New York and impersonating a status that does not belong to him, which is claiming to represent the Polisario at the United Nations, must be placed in a context that precedes De Mistura’s next briefing before the Security Council on April 19.”

The Polisario is used to this kind of maneuvers, he explained, stating that his deep reading of Ammar’s letter, revealed how Algeria has become the first addressee in the conflict, “so we find that the letter deliberately resorts to all kinds of insults, which appear to be a copy written by Amar Blani in the Algerian Foreign Ministry.”

Slimi thinks the letter is an attempt to downplay the threat that the Sahraoui peace movements pose to the seperatist front.

Individuals belonging to these two groups have links in Polisario camps, which can be explained by disobedience and transitioning to legitimate self-defense, “which is now being practiced by the residents of the camps against the militias of Ghali and Bouhali,” explained the political analyst.

“The message, in its language and content, reveals the dilemma of the Polisario before the international community after the recent statement of Daesh Sahel, which clarifies with argument and evidence that the leaders of Daesh in the Sahara are leaders from within the Polisario camps located over Algerian territory,” revealed Slimi.

Both Algeria and the Polisario Front are possessed by the fear of the reaction of the international community regarding the relationship between separatism and terrorism.

On the remainder of the content of the letter, Manar Slimi emphasized that it is very similar to “if not a detailed copy” of the Algerian president, Tebboun’s statement on Algeria’s relation to the Polisario.

It should be noted that this type of message in its content is not intended to confuse Di Mistura only, but rather hides through its content, the quandary of Algeria’s relation with the Polisario, concluded the political analyst.