Brussels – The European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs spokesman reiterated on Friday that “neither the EU nor any of its Member States recognise the ‘rasd‘”.
This statement came at a time when some separatist over communicators were on the European Union-African Union (AU) ministerial meeting in Rome on Friday.
Recalling that the EU-AU Ministerial Members are co-chaired and co-organised by the EU and the AU, the EU Foreign Affairs Spokesperson stated that “the agreed arrangements provide that each party is responsible for the invitation of its own members”.
As a result, it attributed the presence of this entity in the EU-AU ministerial meeting to the African Union, thereby denying that the EU invited the pseudo “rasd” to that meeting. “Invitations to African members are sent by the African Union,” he said.
In this context, the spokesperson insisted that “the EU position is well known: Neither the EU nor any of its Member States recognise the rasd’ (Polisario) and that the presence of this entity “at the ministerial meeting of the European Union-African Union has no influence on this position”.
BY: The Times Union
