“BRICS” calls for a political solution that guarantees the right to self-determination for the Sahrawi people – the Algerian dialogue

The BRICS group called for an immediate political solution that guarantees the right to self-determination for the Sahrawi people, expressing its full support for the efforts of the United Nations in this regard.

And in a joint statement issued at the conclusion of a meeting held the day before yesterday (Wednesday) in (Cape Town) in South Africa, the deputy foreign ministers of the (BRICS) countries, and the special envoys for the Middle East and North Africa, expressed “the need to achieve a permanent, mutually acceptable political solution to the issue of Western Sahara, in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions.

They also expressed their “full” support for the implementation of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), affirming their full support for the efforts of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, in advancing the political process, leading to the resumption of dialogue between the concerned parties.

In her intervention during the meeting, the South African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed that the BRICS group “must support the need to achieve a lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the issue of Western Sahara,” noting support for the “full” implementation of the mandate of the UN mission to organize the referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), which would address one of the remaining decolonization issues on the African continent

This meeting comes in preparation for the annual summit of BRICS heads of state, which is scheduled to be held in Gauteng, South Africa.

The participants also discussed a number of international issues, such as the peace process in the Middle East and developments in Libya, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and others.