MEP Antonio López-Istúriz White of the European People’s Party sent a written question to the EU’s Head of Diplomacy, Josep Borrell, following separatist Polisario’s drone attack threats.
The Polisario announced on October 3 the planned use of drones against the Royal Armed Forces (FAR).
“The Sahrawi army will soon use armed drones in the war of attrition in Western Sahara,” said Omar Mansour, Brahim Ghali’s emissary to Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh Ould El Ghazouani.
Three weeks after these statements, the matter reached the European Parliament, on the heels of the UN Security Council’s extension of the MINURSO mandate for another year.
“The use of this military equipment in Western Sahara represents a serious risk to the already fragile security and stability of the region and the Sahel,” stated the MEP in his written question.
“Iran’s infiltration of the region poses a clear risk to the 1991 UN ceasefire agreement and undermines the peace process, the work of the UN mission in Western Sahara, and the diplomatic efforts of the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy to bring the parties to new roundtables.”
The continuation of instability in the Sahara and the Sahel will negatively affect European security, wrote the parliamentarian.
López-Istúriz went on to ask Borrell if “the European Commission has information on Iranian drones provided to the Polisario Front.”
The MEP also inquired on the nature of “measures that the EU-27 plan to take to prevent the use of these drones, prevent the escalation of conflicts in the region and hinder the infiltration of Iran in the Sahara and Sahel regions.”
Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Omar Hilale, said Thursday that the kingdom will provide a “firm and appropriate military response” to the Polisario’s possible use of presumed Iranian drones against Moroccan forces.
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