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The Moroccan Foreign Minister, Naser Buritaconsider that the Sahrawi people do not exist and describes it as “original population of this region” with which Morocco “acts”.
Furthermore, he claims victory after the decision of the UN Security Council to take as bases Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara and destroys any possibility of a referendum for Sahrawi self-determination.
Buritas, “nowhere” in this resolution “does it say that the right to self-determination is a referendum”but rather it is a “will” that can be expressed in other ways.
In an interview with Efeafter the High Level Meeting (RAN) that was held this Thursday in Madrid with the Government, the Moroccan leader takes the opportunity to praise Pedro Sánchez, who do you consider “priecursor” in understanding that there is an “international will to make autonomy the anchor point for any solution.”
In fact, it highlights the great turn of the script by Sánchez in 2022, who decided to accept Moroccan autonomy as a basis, thus pleasing King Mohamed VI, and which left many surprised by this historic change within the PSOE.
“Now the Security Council has agreed with this position adopted by President Sánchez,” insisted Burita, revealing that Rabat now wants to work on a “solution plan” which “concerns all Moroccans” and for which he has already spoken with the political parties, although he still there is no date for negotiation with the other three parties -the Polisario Front, Algeria and Mauritania-.
Asked about the guarantees that Morocco offers to the “Sahrawi people”, the Foreign Minister reacts and corrects: what exists is a “population”.
“The UN resolution speaks of ‘people’. ‘People’ for us is population. And, of course, there is no town; There is a population that is originally from this region and Morocco acts with it,” he noted.
“Self-determination is not the same as a referendum”
Regarding the fact that the UN recognizes the right to self-determination of peoples, Burita no longer only uses as a basis that the Sahrawi people do not exist but warns that This right does not have to be expressed through a referendum.
“Nowhere is it said that the right of self-determination is a referendum, what is said is that the right of self-determination is to allow the parties to express a will“, he points out to call for an “agreement” and rejecting any vote.
And he argues that this expression of will is nothing more than the signing of a document after a negotiation.
While it makes it clear that Morocco does not have ““no problem” with self-determination, admits that they are against what they consider “restrictive, anachronistic and politically motivated interpretations.”
“Nobody has ever said that self-determination is the same as a referendum, that doesn’t exist anywhere. (…) Therefore, we believe that if we want to read the resolution in a clear, lucid way, it is simple. If we want to interpret it politically and guide it, that is another thing,” he insists.
At this point, he gives Spain’s position on Gaza as an example. “Your government says that an agreement must be signed between Palestinians and Israelis, it is not talking about a referendum to find out if everyone agrees,” he points out.
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