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Morocco announced Friday that its army will intervene in Guerguerate to put an end to the blockade of the border crossing, initiated by pro-Polisario activists for nearly three weeks.
In a press release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that «Morocco has decided to act in full compliance with international laws» on the blockade, describing it as «serious and unacceptable».
«The Kingdom of Morocco had no other choice but to assume its responsibilities in order to put an end to the situation generated by these acts and restore free civil and commercial movement», the Ministry stressed.
The latter recalls that the separatist movement and its militias, which have been in the area since October 21, 2020, «have blocked the movement of people and goods on this road and continually harassed MINURSO military observers». The «documented acts constitute genuine premeditated acts of destabilization which alter the status of the area, violate military agreements and represent a real threat to the sustainability of the ceasefire», it added.
Morocco to end the Polisario's harassment
These acts undermine the chances of any relaunch of the political process sought by the international community, the ministry said, noting that since 2016, the Polisario has «multiplied these dangerous and intolerable acts in this zone, in violation of military agreements, in contempt for the calls to order launched by the UN Secretary General and in violation of the resolutions of the Security Council, in particular 2414 and 2440, which ordered the Polisario to put an end to these destabilizing acts».
The Kingdom of Morocco had then immediately alerted and regularly informed the UN Secretary General and senior UN officials about these extremely serious developments, the same source added, stressing that Morocco had also drew the attention of the Security Council members and Minurso as well as several neighboring states to this situation.
«The Kingdom of Morocco has given all the time necessary to the good offices of the Secretary General of the United Nations and MINURSO in order to push the Polisario to stop its destabilizing actions and leave the buffer zone of Guerguerate», the ministry pointed out.
The same source regrets that MINURSO and the UN Secretary General, as well as several members of the Security Council «have unfortunately stood idly by». «The polisario alone assumes full responsibility and the full consequences of these acts», the ministry concluded.
