Sahrawi ambassador attacked by Moroccan delegation

Nothing seems to stop Morocco from obsessively imposing its vision on the Saharan conflict: “autonomy” within the framework of its “sovereignty”.

Inspired by former US President Donald Trump’s decision to normalize relations with Israel in exchange for the move, and by recent solidarity. Francethe Kingdom will not deprive itself of any weapon to advance its cause and impose a fait accompli, including the use of physical violence against Sahrawi diplomats.

In any case, a video circulating on the Internet shows the Moroccan representative rushing towards the Sahrawi ambassador to the African Union and attacking him. The scene took place during the preparatory meeting of senior officials for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), an international forum on the theme of development on the African continent.

The Moroccans, clearly inconvenienced and annoyed by the presence of a Sahrawi diplomat at this meeting, despite the fact that the Sahrawi Democratic Republic is a full member of the African Union, found nothing better to do than to try to attack him, as the bewildered and frustrated eyes of the other representatives of the delegation present.

Morocco – Western Sahara: Incredible scenes from Tokyo

“A bunch of thugs,” we hear in the video. “Shame on you,” says a diplomat. “At this moment?” », an angry female voice shouts. Faced with the distressing scenes of the Moroccan delegation, the Japanese ambassador did not hide his indignation, his country is the host of the forum created in 1993, he recalled that political disputes cannot be resolved through violence.

Work could continue only after the Moroccan delegation left the room. Although it temporarily disrupted the work, it did not succeed in preventing the Sahrawi diplomat from attending, and many delegates supported him.

It must be noted that Morocco is familiar with these actions against the presence of Sahrawis at certain international conferences. In 2016, the Kingdom’s delegation left the Africa-Arab World Forum in Malabo to protest the presence of Sahrawis. But this seems to be the first time that Her Majesty’s representatives have resorted to physical attacks to make their case. An attitude that hardly conceals frustration.