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Polisario Front slam France and Spain over independence referendum delay and demand seat at UN

THE Polisario Front accused France and Spain of impeding a referendum on independence for Western Sahara on Monday as the separatist group demanded a seat at the United Nations.

Spokesman Ould Salek said that Western Sahara, which the UN classifies a “non-governing territory,” demands its rightful place among other world nations at a press conference in Algiers.

“The Saharawi state claims its seat at the UN,” he said, accusing France of “blind support” for Morocco in delaying a referendum on independence for the disputed territory.

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