KOPI, Tokyo – Japan reiterated that it does not recognize the Polisario’s self-declared SADR entity and that it deals with UN member states only. The position was reaffirmed by Japan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fukazawa Yoichi, at a TICAD plenary summit, Saturday, August 24, 2024.
A day earlier, a Moroccan diplomat was violently attacked by a senior Algerian diplomat as he tried to remove a country name plate of the SADR entity that was smuggled into a ministerial meeting by a Polisario agent operating under Algerian diplomatic cover.
Japan made it clear that it only invited UN member states within the African Union, dealing another blow to the Algerian diplomacy which pulls the strings of the Polisario separatists.
The rogue attitude of the Algerian diplomat is in fact reflective of an Algerian diplomacy in disarray, after a series of diplomatic blows it has ensued on the Sahara issue.
Over the years, Japan has consistently affirmed its support for Morocco in the Sahara dispute. In May, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa described Japan’s position on the Sahara issue as a “constant” in support of the Moroccan Autonomy Plan, presented on April 11, 2007.
During a meeting with Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Nasser Bourita, Kamikawa applauded Morocco’s “serious and credible efforts to advance the process toward resolving the Sahara issue.”
A year earlier, Japanese Ambassador to Morocco, Hideaki Kuramitsu, stated that “Japan appreciates the serious and credible efforts made by Morocco to move forward toward a resolution of this issue, as expressed in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.” Kuramitsu’s statement was part of a congratulatory message to King Mohammed VI on the 24th anniversary of the Throne Day.
Polisario’s attempt to infiltrate the event uninvited is not an isolated incident. The separatist militia also infiltrated TICAD VIII in August 2022, prompting the Japanese delegation to denounce their presence, reiterating that “it did not affect Japan’s position on the status of the entity.” (PERSISMA/Ed)
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