Rabat – Morocco’s Head of Government and Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), Saad Eddine El Othmani, reiterated Morocco’s firm determination to face the “unacceptable provocations” and incursions perpetrated by the Polisario east of the Moroccan defense wall, including Guerguerat, Bir Lahlou, and Mahbes.
Speaking at the opening of the party’s regional congress at the end of the week in Beni Mellal, El Othmani said that “Morocco categorically rejects the policy of the fait accompli that the separatists vainly try to impose in this area as well as the violations committed at Bir Lahlou, Tifariti and Guergarate.”
El Othmani recalled, in this regard, the written statement of King Mohammed VI to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The monarch was keen to express, on behalf of all national forces, “Morocco’s firm and resolute rejection of these provocations and unacceptable incursions.”
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These provocations constitute a threat to the cease-fire and a violation of international law and United Nations resolutions, as well as seriously undermine the political process carries out under the auspices of the United Nations.
The Moroccan official called for the mobilization of the government and all national forces behind King Mohammed VI to defend Morocco’s territorial integrity.
Commenting on the economic and social aspects, El Othmani reviewed the efforts made to promote sustainable and integrated development that benefits all regions of Morocco, while highlighting the particularities and the potential of the Beni Mellal-Khénifra region.
The regional secretary of the party, Abdellah Moussa emphasized, for his part, the importance of the active participation of citizens in political life to achieve the intended objectives related to the improvement of socio-economic development conditions, the consolidation of democracy, and the rule of law.
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