The presidents of the councils of local authorities and professional chambers of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region denounced the “unjustified bias” of the Tunisian presidency in favor of the thesis of opponents of the territorial integrity of the Kingdom.
In a press release, they underlined that the welcome given by Tunisian President Kaïs Saied to the leader of the Polisario separatists, on the occasion of the holding in Tunis of the TICAD summit reflects the “improvisation” of the policy carried out by the Tunisian presidency vis-à-vis Morocco, its strategic interests and its national constants.
This unprecedented act by the Tunisian President represents “a serious deviation” from the habits and customs in force in diplomatic relations between States and goes against the will of Japan and the vast majority of African countries participating in the 8th conference. Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8), adds the same source.
The presidents of the councils of local authorities and professional chambers also described this act as a “treason” to the depth of the fraternity and friendship between the two countries, while recalling that King Mohammed VI underlined in His speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People that the Sahara issue is the prism through which Morocco considers its international environment.
According to the press release, the policies of the Tunisian president in no way reflect the depth of the fraternal and cultural ties of the Moroccan and Tunisian peoples and are not in line with the position of positive neutrality that the Tunisian Republic has adopted since the beginning of the artificial conflict around the Sahara. Moroccan.
The presidents of the councils of local authorities and professional chambers have thus called on the Tunisian people, represented by their political parties and their various components and active forces, to face up to these behaviors and policies which do not serve Maghreb unity and the ties fraternal and historical relationships uniting the peoples of the region.
They also reiterated their attachment to the Moroccanness of the Sahara and their mobilization behind King Mohammed VI in the defense of the territorial integrity of the Kingdom.