| Morocco urges UN to make Algeria assume its responsibility to solve Sahara issue |
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 01/29/10 -- Morocco urged the United Nations and the countries concerned by finding a "prompt" solution to the Sahara issue, to make Algeria assume its "full, active and constructive" responsibility in seeking a settlement to this dispute"It is high time the United Nations, and the countries concerned by finding a prompt solution to this dispute, make Algeria assume a full, active and constructive responsibility, in proportion with the part it played in the outbreak and persistence of this regional conflict and its apparent involvement in all stages of its evolution," Morocco's Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri said in a letter to the UN Secretary General. At a time when the acts of terrorism and trafficking in the Sahara region are escalating, it has become necessary to pool efforts to reach a final settlement to this regional dispute, to ensure the stability of the region's states, the progress of their populations and the integration of the Maghreb," Fassi Fihri said. The Minister added that the autonomy initiative remains, by its substantive content, its democratic nature and its conformity with the international legality, at the heart of any effort to reach a definitive solution to this dispute. "Therefore, he noted, making progress or not at the upcoming phases of negotiations will hinge on the attitude of other parties towards the political dynamics of compromise and their willingness to abandon their malicious strategy to deflect from the Manhasset process." Thanks to the resumption of the UNSG personal envoy's efforts, the international community "will be able to assess in the weeks ahead, the sincerity of the commitment of each other and their willingness to show compromise and realism as required by the UN Security Council resolutions," he said. |
