The MSP supports the initiative of the United States for the political solution of the Western Sahara conflict

The Movement Saharawi for Peace (MSP) has expressed its support for the proposal of the United States to work for a political solution to the conflict in Western Sahara under the postulates of the United Nations (UN).

Joshua Harris, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North Africa, visited the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, to monitor first-hand the difficult living conditions of the Sahrawi refugees in the settlements controlled by the Polisario Front with the assistance of the Algerian state and to show US support for the process of political dialogue aimed at resolving the Sahrawi dispute while respecting the UN-led political process. 

In a press release, the MSP welcomed the US proposal for a solution and called on Saharawi public opinion to mobilise in order not to miss another opportunity.  

The MSP press release is reproduced below: 

The MSP welcomes the US settlement proposal and calls on Saharawi opinion to mobilise so that this is not another missed opportunity. 

The proposal for a political solution with international guarantees, presented by the US Under-Secretary of State Joshua Harris during his visit to Algiers last week, takes up the essence of the settlement plan announced by the Movement Saharawi for Peace (MSP) at the Canary Islands Conference on 22 and 23 September 2022. 

The MSP also endorses the recommendation of the US delegation on the need for the UN to enforce the ceasefire as an inescapable condition for the resumption of the political process and the mission of the UN Secretary General's personal envoy, Staffan de Mistura. 

In connection with the contacts and meetings undertaken on Tuesday in the territory, the MSP has sent a letter to Mr De Mistura asking him to receive a political delegation led by its first secretary, Hach Ahmed, anywhere other than Algeria or Morocco and to be able to present his point of view on the mutually acceptable solution. It insists on the need to break out of the "vicious circle" which has undermined the good offices of no less than a dozen UN emissaries, recommending the extension of the round table to other political actors and representatives of Saharawi civil society.

Finally, the MSP calls on Saharawi opinion both in the territory and in exile to mobilise in favour of the American proposal and to avoid frustrating a new opportunity for peace and an end to the tragedy that has haunted the Saharawi people for half a century.