Enaam Mayara, Speaker of the House of Councillors, emphasized that populist and separatist movements have begun to expand alarmingly in many regions of the world where security vulnerability and instability are prevalent. These movements feed on violent extremism, intolerance, and hatred.

Speaking at the plenary session of the 146th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which had as its theme “Promoting peaceful coexistence and inclusive societies: combating intolerance,” Mayara said that the Sahel region is at the forefront of these areas where the foundations of peace and coexistence are openly threatened because it faces extremely difficult problems that have an impact on wider geographic areas.

In order to create inclusive societies that embrace all cultural, religious, and political elements, Mayara, who is leading a Moroccan parliamentary delegation to this event, which took place from March 11 to 15, emphasized the need for the international community to step up and coordinate efforts in order to help the countries in this region lay a strong foundation for peace and coexistence by eradicating the causes of violent extremism, intolerance, and hatred.

In order to achieve this, he said, “an approach based on human rights, the principles of social and community justice, full respect for the religious and cultural symbols of their nations and peoples, and the principles of a permanent and fruitful dialogue for the peaceful settlement of disputes in a manner that respects the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the region’s countries” were necessary.

He stressed that the Kingdom of Morocco is committed to international efforts to advance the values of peace and strengthen the system of values and ideals of coexistence as one of the founding members of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. He added that this commitment derives from the core of the Moroccan identity, which is based on openness, harmony, and cohesion and is united by the fusion of its various components, including Arab, Islamic, Amazigh, Sahrawi Hassan, and rich tributar.

He recalled that Morocco, aware of this role, had the UN General Assembly adopt resolution No. 73/328 on “Combating hate speech: promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance”, noting that this resolution, co-sponsored by 90 countries, highlights the importance of the “Fez Plan of Action on Combating Hate Speech and Violence that could lead to criminal atrocities”.

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The Royal Armed Forces recently established a permanent security checkpoint at the heart of the Guerguerat border crossing to secure the flow of civilians and commercial trucks to and from the Kingdom of Morocco.

Securing this border crossing in Guerguerat comes after the launch of a successful military operation led by the Royal Armed Forces, in the buffer zone of Guerguerat, on November 13th last year, when it managed to extend its control over the area and re-secure the flow of goods and people through the border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania.

The establishment of the observation point comes within the framework of securing the area and the crossing point in order to put an end to any potential threat or obstruction caused by provocations led by separatist “Polisario” in the aforementioned region, and to re-establish civil and commercial freedom of movement towards Mauritania and Africa.

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Pro-separatist “Polisario” social media pages and accounts as well as a Mauritanian media outlet spread fake news yesterday Saturday about missile attacks on Guerguerat crossing causing traffic blockade.

Right after the spread of the fake news, different truck drivers took the chance to film the situation in Guerguerat and post the videos on social media websites. The videos show the safe and normal flow of traffic and civilians through the crossing without any attacks or casualties of the fake attacks claimed by Separatist “Polisario” front.

According to sources in Guerguerat crossing, Separatist “Polisario” front “launched missiles twice which landed far away from the crossing on deserted land”. The same sources added that Moroccan Authorities “cut off lights in Guerguerat crossing for about 15 minutes after hearing the explosion of missiles as well as asked Mauritanian authorities to scrutinize every vehicle coming from Mauritania to Morocco”.

On his part, a Moroccan official in Rabat has expressed in a call to France Press Agency that “attacks have been launched near Guerguerat crossing, but they didn’t affect roads, and traffic flow stayed intact”

The same source added that the attack “is part of a series of continuous intimidation for the last three months” adding that “it is part of creating a media propaganda about the existence of war in Sahara”; however, “the situation is normal” there.

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