{"id":28257,"date":"2025-11-28T21:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=28257"},"modified":"2025-11-28T21:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T20:12:36","slug":"sahrawi-pm-french-stance-on-western-sahara-contradicts-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=28257","title":{"rendered":"Sahrawi PM: French Stance on Western Sahara Contradicts Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paris<\/strong> &#8211; The Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoune, stated on Friday in Paris that France&#8217;s position regarding the Western Sahara conflict is in direct opposition to its own historical values.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists, Prime Minister Bayoune emphasized the historical ties between France and the principles of self-determination and decolonization. He argued that France&#8217;s current approach to the Western Sahara issue, particularly its support for Morocco&#8217;s autonomy plan, undermines these fundamental values.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;France has historically been a champion of freedom and the rights of peoples to determine their own future,&#8221; Bayoune said. &#8220;Yet, its stance on Western Sahara seems to ignore the legitimate aspirations of the Sahrawi people for self-determination, a right enshrined in international law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister further elaborated on the Sahrawi government&#8217;s perspective, highlighting the ongoing occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco and the plight of Sahrawi refugees who have lived in camps in Algeria for decades. He called on France to play a more constructive role in finding a just and lasting solution to the conflict, one that respects the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination through a free and fair referendum.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We urge France to reconsider its position and to align its actions with its stated values and its international obligations,&#8221;<\/em> Bayoune concluded. <em>&#8220;A just resolution to the Western Sahara conflict is essential for regional stability and for upholding the principles of international law.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, has been the subject of a long-running dispute between Morocco and the Polisario Front, which seeks independence for the territory. The United Nations has repeatedly called for a referendum on self-determination for the Sahrawi people, but the process remains stalled due to disagreements over voter eligibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=44\">More News articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris &#8211; The Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoune, stated on Friday in Paris that France&#8217;s position regarding the Western Sahara conflict is in direct opposition to its own historical values.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists, Pri&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28257","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=28257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}