Quoted by local media today, as he addressed voters in the city of Oran, a large coastal city in the northwest of his country, he said “We will never abandon the Saharawi people and we will always support Western Sahara and the Saharawi Republic and their legitimate struggle for freedom and self-determination, no matter the consequences”.

” Let those who are maneuvering, go on with their schemes; let those who seek to distort history, go on, but the Saharawi state will be a reality and the Palestinian cause will always be a priority”, said Tebboune, who aspires to be re-elected in the presidential elections next September 7.

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