Algeria's support to Western Sahara cause remains firm, constant

The Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz reiterated Saturday at the Presidency headquarters at Chahid El Hafedh Camp that Algeria continues to give firm and unconditional support to the Sahrawi cause since 1975 .
Mohamed Abdelaziz who hosted an Algerian delegation visiting the Saharawi refugee camps, said that Algeria has adopted this position at the outbreak of the November 1954 Revolution with a commitment for the just causes and self-determination right of peoples in struggle around the world like Palestine and against apartheid.
He stressed that the United Nations has always affirmed the Saharawi people's right to self-determination and independence, and called for implementation of this principle.
He also recalled that the African Union has supported the Saharawi issue since the 1970s, while also calling for the respect of the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and respect for borders inherited from colonization. The European Union and the Non-Aligned Countries also supported these rights, but the Moroccan government has ignored these positions, he has said.
 "We led for 16 years, an armed struggle against Morocco and were forced to move towards a peaceful solution," reminded the Saharawi President, adding that "the United Nations organized a referendum and created for this purpose MINURSO." "We have accepted the cease-fire but the Moroccan government reneged on its commitments and ignored international decisions, "he said.
The Saharawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz reaffirmed the readiness of the Polisario Front to negotiate, noting that "true peace is that which is based on respect for the will of the people and the application of international law." The Saharawi people "aspires to building a Maghreb union where there is tolerance, good neighbourhood and mutual respect."