Western Sahara: Morocco launches a military operation in the Guerguerat area

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The Guerguerat border post has been blocked for several weeks.

By launching this operation this Friday morning, Morocco denounces "the provocations of the Polisario Front".

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The separatists of the Polisario Front had been

warning for several days.

They threatened to respond to a possible intrusion of troops or civilians by Morocco in the buffer zone of Guerguerat.

This Friday morning, the head of Sahrawi diplomacy, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, evokes an aggression and a situation of self-defense.

He says " 

 ".

He accuses Morocco of having " 

 " signed almost three decades ago, in 1991, after a 16-year war.

For its part, the Kingdom claims to respond to the situation in Guerguerat.

Its objective is to unblock this road which leads to Mauritania and which is also a crossing point to West Africa.

The Moroccan General Staff says it has set up a security cordon across the buffer zone.

The Moroccan Foreign Ministry accuses the Polisario Front and its men of carrying out acts of banditry and considers responding to provocations.

For the head of Moroccan diplomacy, Nasser Bourita, Morocco is therefore not leading offensive action, but “ 

 ” with this military operation.

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