"Many observers have only a truncated knowledge of the history of the Moroccan Sahara issue," Ramirez said in an article published Tuesday on the general information portal "informarruecos" under the title "Process of the Moroccan Sahara issue," assuring that it is an "artificial conflict" to harm Morocco's interests.
After highlighting the relevance of the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 for the political settlement of the Moroccan Sahara issue, the author of the article recalled that this proposal has been described as "serious and credible" by the UN and the international community.
With regard to the historical and geostrategic context of the question of the Moroccan Sahara, it should be noted that, unlike almost all present-day African States, Morocco was not a tribal aggregate prior to the Franco-Spanish protectorate, but a State within the meaning of international law, Ramirez explained, adding that the central authority in Morocco embodied by the institution of the Sultan had signed international treaties with the European powers since the 18th century.
According to the Chilean lawyer, Morocco began to recover its territorial integrity, in stages, through international agreements, negotiated with the different colonial powers, including the Madrid Agreement signed in 1975 and registered at the UN.
The pseudo "sadr", self-proclaimed on Algerian territory in 1976, is not recognized by the League of Arab States, the OIC, the UN, European countries, members of the UN Security Council or major political and economic powers, wrote Ramirez, adding that the "irreversible trend", in harmony with the course of history, is the withdrawal, suspension or freezing of the recognition of the "sadr", as several Latin American, Caribbean and African countries have done in recent years.
The "self-determination" option called for by the polisario is considered "obsolete" by the UN, the author pointed out, noting that, on the other hand, the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco has been described as "serious, realistic and credible" by the international community, as evidenced by the latest UN Security Council resolutions.