Sahrawi Ambassador Ahmed Mulay tells about the main claims of his people at this moment

 
Ahmed Mulay Ali
Sahrawi Ambassador: “The blockade against Cuba is a disgrace”

Representative of the Polisario Front for Brazil, Ahmed Mulay tells about the main claims of his people at this moment

    Published on: 7/2/2023

Source: Diario da Causa Operaria

During the XXVI edition of the Foro de São Paulo, in Brasília, Diário Causa Operária ( DCO ) had the opportunity to interview the ambassador of Western Sahara Ahmed Moulay Ali, representative of the Polisario Front for Brazil. Check out the full interview below:

Diário Causa Operária : What are your expectations about the São Paulo Forum?

Ahmed Mulay Ali: The Forum plays a very important role not only in Brazil, but in Latin America, the Caribbean and the world, because here there are participants not only from Latin America and the Caribbean, but also from other delegations, especially from Africa and Asia. And its importance comes from the debate that takes place, the ideas and programs and the search for solutions to the international situation we are experiencing, a very serious situation of wars.

As you know, there is a war in Ukraine between Russia and there is another war between the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Morocco because the Kingdom of Morocco occupies a part of the Sahrawi territory and other wars.

Here you are looking for ideas, solutions also in the economic sphere, in the cultural sphere. So, the Forum has a very, very, very essential and very necessary importance in these times.

Diário Causa Operária : What are the main demands that you are raising here at the Forum?

Ahmed Mulay Ali: Well, we present the situation experienced by the Sahrawi people of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. As you know, it is a city in North Africa, the only Arab country that speaks Spanish because it was a Spanish colony and when it was about to gain independence, in 1975, it was invaded by the kingdom of Morocco, which occupies part of it. And here we want the world of the left in Latin America and the Caribbean to support the Sahrawi people in their struggle and press for a peaceful solution in which the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people is respected. It's what we're looking for.

Diario Causa Operária : The Committees of Struggle are carrying out a broad campaign in defense of Cuba, against the blockade by the United States. Can you talk a little bit about this problem?

Ahmed Mulay Ali: Cuba, for us, is a brother country and it is a country that has supported us a lot in the field of health and in the field of education, and thanks to Cuba we have strengthened the existence of the Spanish language in our society and everything that harms Cuba as well it hurts us. Everything that harms Cuba harms us.

The blockade is an embarrassment for the world, it is an embarrassment not only for the left of the world, it is an embarrassment not only for the United States, but for all countries in the world, because maintaining a whole sovereign people that is setting examples in all the areas facing this blockade is a pity and it is something that we all need to fight.