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Mauritanian opposition leader calls on Nouakchott to be realistic on Western Sahara issue
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Mauritanian opposition leader calls on Nouakchott to be realistic on Western Sahara issue

From Hespress · () Arabic

Translated from Arabic, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A Mauritanian opposition leader called for realism regarding the Western Sahara issue.
  • The call follows meetings between a Polisario Front delegation and Mauritanian opposition figures, including the head of the Union of Popular Forces Party.
  • The opposition leader emphasized that the Mauritanian opposition is not a monolithic bloc on the Western Sahara question.

A prominent Mauritanian opposition figure has urged the government in Nouakchott to adopt a pragmatic approach to the Western Sahara dispute. Ahmed Ould Ubeid, a key opposition politician, stated that Mauritania should be realistic in its handling of the issue.

His remarks came in the wake of a meeting between a delegation representing the Polisario Front, the independence movement for Western Sahara, and Mohamed Ould Mouloud. Mouloud leads the Union of Popular Forces Party, a significant component of the Mauritanian opposition bloc, which comprises about 15 political organizations.

This encounter occurred shortly after Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani received a envoy from the Polisario Front. Ould Ubeid highlighted that the Mauritanian opposition itself is not unified in its stance on the Western Sahara question, indicating a diversity of views within the country's political landscape regarding the long-standing conflict.

The opposition is not a single bloc in its position on the [Western Sahara] issue.

— Ahmed Ould Ubeid, Mauritanian opposition politicianOuld Ubeid explained that the Mauritanian opposition does not hold a uniform view on the Western Sahara conflict, underscoring internal divisions.
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