Peruvian authorities declared Polisaio official Khadijatou El Mokhtar persona non grata and proceeded to her deportation manu military to Madrid. El Mokhtar was claiming to be on a special mission to Lima but Peruvian authorities, which do not recognize the separatist Polisairo entity as a state, kept her within the airport and refused to let her in. El Mokhtar was nurturing a false hope of taking the post of the “Ambassador” of the Algerian-backed militia in Peru, which maintains close friendly ties with Rabat. The increasing withdrawals of recognitions deals the Polisario severe blows. Furthermore, as relic of the cold-war, the Polisario remains obedient and dependent financially and diplomatically on its paymaster Algeria, which uses it to achieve regional hegemony to the detriment of regional stability.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 12, 2017 14:48 UTC