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Rabat — Omar Hilale, Morocco’s Permanent Ambassador to the UN, has reiterated the Algerian regime’s direct involvement in challenging Morocco’s territorial integrity in a final statement as part of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization (C24).
Hilale’s statement came in response to Algeria’s regime claims, arguing that Algeria is not a party to the Western Sahara dispute.
In his response, the Moroccan ambassador recalled his recent statements on Algeria’s responsibility in the dispute, noting that what he previously said are “real and documented facts openly assumed by Algeria.”
Earlier this week, Hilale stressed how Algeria has been using the separatist Polisario group as a political tool to challenge Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara.
“Despite Morocco’s commitments and the UN’s sustained efforts, the political process to resolve this regional dispute continues to be hindered by Algeria’s delaying tactics,” Hilale said, recalling Algeria’s repeated attempts to obfuscate its role in the Western Sahara dispute.
In response to Hilale’s remarks, the Algerian delegation accused Morocco of targeting Algiers during the event and has once again shirked the country’s responsibility in the dispute, despite financing, arming, training, and harboring the Polisario Front and backing its independence claims in Western Sahara.
Algeria’s continued delusions
Responding to Algeria’s claims, Hilale dismissed the Algerian regime’s claims, saying: “Who created the Polisario? It was Algeria. Where is it located? On Algerian territory. Who finds it? Algeria. Who leads diplomatic campaigns against Morocco? Again, it’s Algeria.”
Hilale also shut down Algeria’s regime observer allegations, noting that the country suffers from an “incurable schizopehrinic pathology.”
“It claims not to be a party, yet has been blocking the resumption of the political process for the past three years, thus obstructing a political resolution of this regional dispute,” he added.
Algeria has been blocking the UN-led political process, frequently renewing its reluctance to engage in UN-sponsored roundtable talks.
The Algerian regime prefers to refer to itself as merely an observer, despite its direct involvement in the dispute, declining to engage in UN talks to contribute to finding a realistic and pragmatic solution.
Hilale recalled how Algeria’s narrative is “stuck in the year 2000 and completely ignores the major developments of the past 25 years.”
“Why does Algeria never refer to Security Council resolutions since 2000? Because they contradict Algeria’s foundational position, having buried the referendum, recognizing the pre-eminence of Morocco’s autonomy initiative, explicating assigning responsibility to Algeria, and acknowledging the international momentum behind the Moroccan initiative,” Hilale added.
Recently, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita said that over 116 countries now support the Moroccan initiative, in addition to the major recognitions of Morocco’s territorial integrity by powerhouses like the US and France.
‘Mecca’ of destabilization
Echoing Bourita’s remarks, Hilale debunked the Algerian regime’s narrative, noting that if Algeria “wants to lend credibility to its discourse, it should first grant this right to the people living on its own territory – the Kabyle people – who demand for self-determinations dates back to well before the very creation of the Algerian regime.”
He also described Algeria as the “Mecca” of destabilization, terrorist groups, separatism, and “all those who take up arms against their own countries.”
Hilale’s remarks came amid growing appeals from politicians who urge their countries — including the US, UK, and France — to designate the separatist group as a terrorist organization.
