Elected members of regional and local councils as well as MPs from the Southern provinces, the Sahara, published an article on Politico, highlighting the benefits of the Morocco-EU fisheries agreement on the local population and economy. “Trade relations between the EU and Morocco solidify the stability and security of our region,” some 887 elected Sahraouis said in the op-ed. The amount will be invested in tourism, employment, the environment, culture, handicrafts, education, health, urban planning, roads, water, renewable energy, agriculture, transport and fisheries. “There is no validity to the theory that the fisheries and agricultural agreements do not benefit the local population,” reads the article. They also drew a parallel between the freedom and development witnessed in the southern provinces and the “tragic conditions” suffered by other Sahraouis held by the Polisario and its mentor, Algeria, in Tinfoud.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 07, 2019 13:07 UTC