{"id":12895,"date":"2025-08-14T22:34:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=12895"},"modified":"2025-08-14T22:34:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:34:02","slug":"algeria-support-for-western-sahara-a-civilisational-principle-rooted-in-national-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=12895","title":{"rendered":"Algeria: Support for Western Sahara a &#8216;Civilisational Principle&#8217; Rooted in National History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BOUMERDES, Algeria \u2013 The Speaker of Algeria&#8217;s Council of the Nation, Azouz Nasri, has forcefully reaffirmed the country&#8217;s unwavering commitment to the Sahrawi cause, describing it not merely as a political position but as a &#8220;civilisational principle&#8221; deeply embedded in the nation&#8217;s foreign policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday, Nasri emphasized that this steadfast support is directly inspired by Algeria&#8217;s own historic struggle for independence. He drew a direct line from the nation&#8217;s foundational revolutionary experience, which began on November 1, 1954, to its current-day advocacy for the right to self-determination for the people of Western Sahara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This stance underscores a core tenet of Algerian diplomacy: the unconditional championing of decolonization and the rights of peoples to decide their own destiny, as enshrined in international law. Nasri&#8217;s statement serves as a powerful reminder that for Algeria, this issue transcends shifting geopolitical interests and remains a matter of fundamental principle, true to its anti-colonial heritage and its revolutionary legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DzWatch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOUMERDES, Algeria \u2013 The Speaker of Algeria&#8217;s Council of the Nation, Azouz Nasri, has forcefully reaffirmed the country&#8217;s unwavering commitment to the Sahrawi cause, describing it not merely as a political position but as a &#8220;civilisational principle&#8221; deeply embedded in the nation&#8217;s foreign policy. Speaking on Wednesday, Nasri emphasized that this steadfast support is directly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":8,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12897,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12895\/revisions\/12897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}