Morocco has sent a strong rebuking message to South Africa for its malicious and disruptive meddling in the Sahara issue and the UN-led political process. “South Africa was and will remain a marginal actor in the Moroccan Sahara issue and a dissonant voice, without any influence or weight,” said Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita at a press conference held Tuesday in Rabat. Bourita’s comments show Morocco’s firm standing regarding its territorial integrity and its reprobation of the talks held last week in Pretoria by UN Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura. But the Algerian regime, which funds, arms and shelters the Polisario armed militias, continues to refuse to take part in a new round of round-table talks with impunity. Half of the Southern African Development Community members have pulled out their recognition to the self-proclaimed SADR, while a third of them opened consulates in Dakhla and Laayoune.
