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Moncef Marzouki (left) greets Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in Tunis last month (AFP/File, Fethi Belaid)
In his first appearance Tunisia president already refuses to
recognize Western Sahara as part of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
Tunisian president
Moncef Marzouki is about to start his first drive to Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania
in effort to bring UMA together as he planes to call for a summit. "This visit is aimed at reviving the Arab
Maghreb Union and discussing the holding of a summit that Tunisia proposes to
host," Marzouki's spokesman Adane Moncer said.
The UMA was created in 1989
as a trade agreement meant to eventually achieve deeper political integration however the presence of the Republic Arab Saharawi
Democratic (SADR) has led to Morocco to withdraw from the union similarly from
African Union.
Marzoki is due to meet Morocco's King Mohammed VI, and his new
moderate Islamist prime minister, Abdelilah Benkirane, before holding talks in Mauritania and
wrapping up in Algeria, where is due to meet President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Ignoring the SADR which asa player
in the region will definitely contradict with President Marzouki principles; The
new Tunisian president was a prominent opposition figure and human rights
campaigner under the 23-year-rule of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, who was brought
down by a popular uprising in January 2011. He Call for what he claims
to be “Maghreb of freedom” will be entirely regarded as violating and supporting
the violation of the Saharawi rights for self-determination.
Whether or not he admits
that Western Sahara exists and unless he consider the fact that SADR has the
right to be represented in the Maghreb Union will be an obstacle. As two out of
three Maghreb Union members recognize Western Sahara. Therefore and before he
start unifying the region he should look in the possibility of making a
resolution of the 36 years old Conflict.
Prioritizing the economic and
trade agreements and ignoring human rights will not be an appropriate approach to
seek a bright future for the region, The region rather need to discuss security
issues as countries such as Algeria, Mauritania ad lately the Western
Sahara liberated zone have been
affected by the surge in activity of Al Qaeda's north African branch.
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