What if Ecuador drops recognition of «SADR» ? This scenario sounds scary for the Polisario which has been losing ground in Latin America. To avoid such whatifs, the Front sent one of its representatives to Ecuador’s capital Quito to meet the president of its parliament.
Set up in July 2018 at an African Union summit in Nouakchott, the troika on Western Sahara held one unofficial meeting in February in Addis Ababa. A second meeting, scheduled for July 8 in Niamey, has been postponed to a later date.
In Niamey (Niger), Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita reassured Moroccans about the Kingdom’s new membership of the African Free Trade Agreement Area, joined by the Polisario Front. Joining AfCFTA should not be interpreted as an acknowledgement of an entity that threatens the Kingdom’s territorial integrity, Bourita said.
The Polisario’s leadership was slammed by NGOs attending the 41st regular session Human Rights Council. The Front has launched a campaign against Sahrawi activists, arresting three individuals in the Tindouf camps.
Cote d’Ivoire has announced that it is opening an honorary consulate in Laayoune. The inauguration ceremony is taking place on Wednesday, an official told Yabiladi. The decision was denounced by a pro-Polisario platform.