The UN has refuted Morocco’s protests that the Polisario has conducted incursions in the buffer zone east of the security wall at a moment the Polisario, through its officials and media outlets, has admitted moving militiamen to the demilitarized area. Dujarric statements, which verge on condoning Polisario’s violations of the ceasefire agreement, were lacking in proof. On December 27, 2017, the Algerian state TV channel broadcasted images of Polisario militiamen parading in the locality of Agouinit in the demilitarized zone monitored by the MINURSO. The MINURSO should pull its head from the sand and assume its role in monitoring the ceasefire agreement. Otherwise, its laxity will embolden the Polisario to carry on breaching the ceasefire triggering a Moroccan response that may end any prospects for a political solution.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 04, 2018 07:52 UTC