The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs participates in the works of the seventh session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, March 12-21, 2008

Khalihenna: Polisario always tries to get talks back

Morocco remains committed to the negotiations process underway with the Algerian-backed separatist movement Polisario, but remains fully intransigent over its territorial integrity, members of the Moroccan delegation to the UN-facilitated negotiations on the Sahara said here late at night.




 

Morocco on Monday made it clear that the 32-year old Sahara dispute with the Polisario separatist movement will not be resolved without Algeria's "active involvement" in the UN-led peace process.

 Minister of the Interior Chakib Benmoussa on Saturday said Morocco continues to extend its hand to the other party (the Polisario separatists) to reach together a solution to the Sahara dispute in the framework of the North African country's proposed autonomy to this territory.

Khalihenna calls on the Polisario and Algeria to give up impossible claims

Morocco called, here Sunday, upon the Algerian-backed separatist movement "Polisario" and Algeria to give up "unworkable claims" and show good faith in negotiations to move forward towards a consensus-based political solution to the 32-year Sahara dispute.