Mohamed VI: "For Morocco, the Sahara is not negotiable"

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A tense calm is chewed this Saturday between Morocco and Algeria in commemoration of the

of the Green March. King Mohamed VI has offered his traditional speech tonight to mark this event, which has served to vindicate, once again, the "Moroccanness of the Sahara" although he has recognized the current "challenges" without referring directly to Algeria, with which he maintains a political confrontation that this week has been increased.

"For Morocco, its Sahara is not negotiable," said the king, and then agreed to the "commitment" of the country with negotiations within the UN "in favor of a peaceful solution." The monarch welcomed the US decision, under the presidency of Donald Trump, to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, in December, which he described as "a source of pride" for the kingdom and "is the corollary natural of the constant support of the previous US administrations and the illustration of their constructive contribution to the processes of solution of the Sahara question ".

The Green March marked the beginning of the end of the

when on November 6, 1975, 350,000 Moroccan civilians waving the Koran, Moroccan flags and portraits of King Hasan II, entered the territory of the then colony. The maneuver, orchestrated by the Alawite monarch while Franco was dying, was aimed at forcing Spain to abandon the territory and facilitate annexation by Morocco. As the columns of civilians mobilized, 25,000 Moroccan soldiers penetrated from the east and days before they occupied some bases and the city of Smara, says

in his book 'Agonía, traición, escaida. The end of the Spanish Sahara '(Criticism).

Since then, the territory has been considered by the United Nations as "pending decolonization" and awaiting the resolution of the right of self-determination of the Sahrawis.

The anniversary coincides with the peak of the confrontation between Morocco and Algeria for months,

.

On Wednesday, the oil state accused the Alawite kingdom of killing three civilians in a bombardment of a truck convoy in Western Sahara.

The high tone that has been heard from Algiers - which in two messages to the UN and other international organizations has accused Rabat of "state terrorism" and has promised reprisals - has been matched by silence from its western neighbor.

Meanwhile, the

(MINURSO) has confirmed having found the two Algerian trucks at the place where Algiers targeted.

According to its preliminary assessment, it has found that the vehicles have suffered "great damage" and that they are "in the town of Bir Lahlu", east of the Moroccan wall, in the so-called "liberated territories" controlled by the Polisario Front.

Farhan Khan

, spokesman for the UN Secretary General, could not explain the presence in this area of ​​the transports in which the three truckers were traveling, stating that this point is being analyzed.

Nor did he want to speculate on whether there had been an attack on the vehicles.

Hours earlier, another spokesman conveyed a message from António Guterres calling on the parties to calm down and dialogue.

At the same time, the

has held its first meeting with the new United Nations envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, according to the organization through Twitter.

The Saharawi representative in New York, Sidi Omar, transferred the "firm position" of the Polisario towards the "peace plan for the decolonization of the territory."

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