Uruguayan government suspends relations with so-called SADR

Nine days after the visit of a high-level Uruguayan parliamentary delegation to Morocco, the Uruguayan government freezes its relations with the separatists of Tindouf and is about to withdraw its recognition of the so-called SADR (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic).

The Uruguayan daily El Observador reported the news on Wednesday, with the headline: “The government suspends relations with the so-called Sahrawi Republic and works to strengthen ties with Morocco. Indeed, according to the press, “The government is determined to strengthen diplomatic and commercial ties with Morocco, which necessitates the termination or suspension of relations with the so-called SADR.

El Observador recalls Uruguayan senators’ official visit to Rabat last week, on the eve of the Euro-Mediterranean Economic Forum and the Gulf of the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. Jorge Osvaldo Gandini Astesiano, Vice President of the Senate, who traveled and met with the President of the House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi El Alami, had welcomed “the very promising results for Uruguay” at the end of the “political, economic, and commercial” dialogue held in Rabat.

“The talks focused on the level of bilateral relations between the two countries, the role of parliamentary diplomacy in clarifying visions and positions, and the opening of a new page between Morocco and Uruguay based on respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of states,” the House of Representatives said in a statement.

Uruguay recognized the so-called SADR in 2007, during the presidency of socialist Tabaré Vazquez, who died of lung cancer in December 2020.