The Moroccan Sahara issue is settled historically, socially and legally
On June 14 2022, your newspaper published an article entitled “Explained | The Western Sahara dispute and why Algeria-Spain ties have soured” which we consider to be lacking credibility and accuracy about the history of the Sahara. The article was based on a unilateral opinion about the Moroccan Sahara issue without taking into consideration the views of Morocco concerning the issues it raised.
At the outset, I would like to say that the Moroccan Sahara is as sensitive as any territorial issue for any other country. Therefore, in the context of the right of reply, we would like to state, in the beginning, that the Moroccan Sahara issue is settled historically, socially and legally. There are hundreds of documents that serve as evidence about the legitimacy of the allegiance of the tribes of the Sahara to the Moroccan Monarchy, which was transmitted by the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in 1975.
