Hezbollah rejects Morocco claims on Polisario fighters support

Lebanese Hezbollah in a statement refuted allegations made by Morocco that it suppored Polisario fighters.

News ID: 69969

Date: 02 May 2018 - 11:17

TEHRAN (Defapress) “Hezbollah rebuffs claims accusing it of arming and training the Polisario fighters in Morocco,” Lebanese media ‘Al Manar’ reported.

“The Moroccan Foreign ministry could have found more convincing pretext to cut its ties with Iran instead of fabricating baseless excuses.”

The baseless allegation by Morocco Foreign Ministry have been made under the pressure of the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia, Hezbollah added.

Morocco Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in the pretext of giving aid to Hezbollah to support Polisario fighters announced that his country cut ties with Iran.

According to some Arab media, Bourita also demanded Iran chargé d'affaires Mohammad Taqi Moayed to leave Morocco.

Morocco will soon close its diplomatic mission in Iran, Arab media quoted Bourita as saying.

Morocco earlier helped Saudi Arabia in the framework of anti-Yemeni coalition.

Yemeni popular forces also shot down a Moroccan jet fighter.

Polisario Front is a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement aiming to end Moroccan presence in the Western Sahara. It is an observer member of the Socialist International.

The United Nations considers the Polisario Front to be the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people and maintains that the Sahrawis have a right to self-determination.

The Polisario Front is outlawed in the parts of Western Sahara under Moroccan control, and it is illegal to raise its party flag (often called the Sahrawi flag) there.

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