Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said on Tuesday that his country is determined to "turn the page definitively" on the Western Sahara conflict but without giving up its "legitimate rights" over the disputed territory. Western Sahara has long been a source of dispute between Rabat and Algiers. Morocco "does not negotiate" over the Moroccan character of Western Sahara or its rights, Bourita said, reiterating comments made by King Mohamed VI on Saturday which Polisario dismissed as "fabrication". Israel and Morocco to 'normalize' ties, Western Sahara will pay the priceThe move by the US broke with years of international consensus that Western Sahara's future should be settled by a UN-supervised referendum. In September an EU court said some European trade deals with Morocco were invalid because they included products originating in Western Sahara territory.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 11, 2021 05:31 UTC