{"id":7951,"date":"2024-08-18T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T10:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=7951"},"modified":"2026-09-04T03:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:26:19","slug":"sahrawi-ambassador-france-tramples-on-international-law-becomes-a-regional-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=7951","title":{"rendered":"Sahrawi Ambassador: France Tramples on International Law, Becomes a Regional Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic\u2019s Ambassador to <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">Algeria<\/a>, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, expressed strong condemnation of the French government&#8217;s decision to recognize Morocco&#8217;s alleged sovereignty over Western Sahara under its autonomy plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an exclusive interview with &#8220;Sapev Press,&#8221; Taleb Omar emphasized that France, as a permanent member of the <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations<\/a> <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=70747\">Security Council<\/a>, is blatantly violating international law with this controversial stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sahrawi ambassador clarified that the French position lacks international legitimacy, underscoring that the Western Sahara issue is a decolonization matter, recognized under international law by the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further argued that France&#8217;s stance reveals the intentions of colonial powers, the Moroccan regime, and Zionist entities to escalate tensions in the region, foster instability, and undermine opportunities for peace and <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=70765\">human rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taleb Omar noted that the French government&#8217;s blatant support for Morocco\u2019s position on the Western Sahara issue is not new, highlighting that France has consistently backed Moroccan occupation with increasingly alarming positions over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sahrawi ambassador praised Algeria&#8217;s unwavering stance in defending the Western Sahara cause, expressing full confidence in Algeria&#8217;s pivotal role in upholding international law and the relevant UN resolutions on decolonization, while preserving the principles of freedom, democracy, equality, and peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic\u2019s Ambassador to Algeria, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, expressed strong condemnation of the French government&#8217;s decision to recognize Morocco&#8217;s alleged sovereignty over Western Sahara under its autonomy plan. In an exclusive interview with &#8220;Sapev Press,&#8221; Taleb Omar emphasized that France, as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, is blatantly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":170,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7951","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\/7951","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=7951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72346,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7951\/revisions\/72346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}