President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has urged European Union Member States to refrain from signing and formalising the new EU Fisheries Protocol with Morocco because it does not explicitly exclude the territorial waters of Western Sahara, high lighting that such act would undermine UN efforts to find a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict.
In a letter addressed today to the heads of state and government of the EU, ahead of the examination today, Wednesday, of the new Fisheries Protocol with Morocco proposed by the European Commission, the President of the Republic indicated that this move "may have considerable repercussions on the question of Western Sahara and the UN on-going efforts to bring about a speedy, just and lasting solution to this overdue decolonization conflict."
The letter urged all EU Member States, the EU Commission and all EU relevant Institutions to refrain from signing and formalising the new EU Fisheries Protocol with Morocco because it does not explicitly exclude the territorial waters of Western Sahara, adding that this agreement "will also be contrary to the rights and interests of the Sahrawi people and to the relevant principles of international law applicable to Western Sahara as a Non-Self-Governing Territory."
Read more: allAfrica.com: Morocco: President of Republic Urges EU to Refrain From Signing New Fisheries Protocol With Morocco (Page 1 of 4)
In a letter addressed today to the heads of state and government of the EU, ahead of the examination today, Wednesday, of the new Fisheries Protocol with Morocco proposed by the European Commission, the President of the Republic indicated that this move "may have considerable repercussions on the question of Western Sahara and the UN on-going efforts to bring about a speedy, just and lasting solution to this overdue decolonization conflict."
The letter urged all EU Member States, the EU Commission and all EU relevant Institutions to refrain from signing and formalising the new EU Fisheries Protocol with Morocco because it does not explicitly exclude the territorial waters of Western Sahara, adding that this agreement "will also be contrary to the rights and interests of the Sahrawi people and to the relevant principles of international law applicable to Western Sahara as a Non-Self-Governing Territory."
Read more: allAfrica.com: Morocco: President of Republic Urges EU to Refrain From Signing New Fisheries Protocol With Morocco (Page 1 of 4)
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