Behind Closed Doors in Washington: Western Sahara Negotiations Caught Between Power Politics, Marginalised International Legitimacy
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ALGIERS, February 26, 2026 โ The question of Western Sahara is once again drifting into opaque diplomatic corridors, where negotiations appear to unfold far from public scrutiny and the clear framework of international law. Reports of discreet meetings in the American capital between parties to the conflict, under the umbrella of the United Nations and with direct encouragement from the United States Government, highlight a pattern that has long overshadowed the Sahrawi peopleโs right to self-determination.
These quiet manoeuvres cannot be separated from the reality that has defined the dispute since 1975, when Morocco asserted control over Western Sahara by force, a move that international bodies continue to treat as a decolonisation issue involving a non-self-governing territory. Despite the clarity of this legal basis, Rabat continues to promote a unilateral autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereigntyโan approach that diverges sharply from the referendum principle endorsed by the United Nations itself.
Concerns deepen as Washingtonโs role appears increasingly tilted. Since the 2020 decision by the administration of Donald Trump to recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the territoryโa step that remained outside the broader international consensusโthe United States has struggled to present itself as a neutral broker. That recognition cast a long shadow over subsequent diplomatic initiatives, shifting Washington from potential mediator to a party with visible strategic interests.
Within this imbalanced equation, the secretive nature of current consultations fuels suspicions that proposals previously rejected by the Sahrawi sideโrepresented by the Polisario Frontโmay be recycled in new diplomatic packaging. The Polisario leadership has repeatedly insisted that any settlement must include a referendum, viewing it as the sole path consistent with international legality. Negotiations held behind closed doors, however, risk conveying an attempt to impose outcomes shaped less by law than by geopolitical leverage.
Excluding transparency from a dispute of this magnitude does little to build peace. Western Sahara is not an ordinary territorial disagreement but a recognised decolonisation case on the United Nations agenda. Any process that bypasses this legal foundation or sidelines the Sahrawi peopleโs will risks entrenching a political status quo rather than resolving the conflict.
What is unfolding in Washington therefore revives a fundamental question: is the aim a fair and lawful settlement, or the repackaging of occupation in diplomatic form? Between the pressure of major powers and the persistence of Sahrawi demands for self-determination, the future of Western Sahara remains suspended between international legitimacy and the calculus of influence.
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๐ฐ ๐๐๐ช๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐พ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ฒ๐ต๐ซ๐ต๐ช๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ช๐ท ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ถ, ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ-๐บ๐พ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ป๐ช๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฑ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฑ. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท ๐ 500,000 ๐ญ๐ช๐ฒ๐ต๐ ๐ฌ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ด๐ผ, ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ด๐ผ ๐ช๐ถ๐ธ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐พ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ช ๐น๐ต๐ช๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ฝ๐ป๐.๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ป๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฎ๐น๐พ๐ซ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฌโ๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ช๐ต ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ป๐ธ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ป๐ (๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ป 22, 2022), ๐๐๐ช๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐พ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐.
๐ฑ ๐๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ช๐ต ๐ก๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ:
๐ด 600,000+ ๐จ๐ธ๐พ๐ฃ๐พ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐พ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ป๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ
๐ต 6 ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ต๐ต๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท+ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ต๐ต๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ช๐ฌ๐ป๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด ๐น๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ
๐ธ 70,000+ ๐๐ท๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฐ๐ป๐ช๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ต๐ต๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฅ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ-๐ธ๐ฏ-๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐ช๐ป๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐พ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ผ, ๐๐๐ช๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐พ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ป๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ ๐น๐ป๐ธ๐ฐ๐ป๐ช๐ถ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ, ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฌ๐ต๐พ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ:
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ | โฝ ๐ข๐น๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ | ๐ญ ๐๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฝ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ | ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท | ๐จ ๐๐พ๐ต๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฃ๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ต๐พ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐น๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ ๐น๐ธ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ผ, ๐ซ๐พ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ, ๐ช๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ช๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐พ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ช ๐ด๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ต๐ช๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐น๐พ๐ซ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ.
๐ฐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ ๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฒ๐ต๐, โ๐๐๐ช๐ฒ๐ป ๐ข๐น๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ,โ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ณ๐ธ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป 50,000 ๐ญ๐ช๐ฒ๐ต๐ ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ช ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ช๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐พ๐ป๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐น๐ต๐ช๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ถโ๐ผ ๐ถ๐พ๐ต๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ช ๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น.
๐๏ธ ๐๐ธ๐ท๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ช ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐ช๐ป๐ญ ๐ซ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ถ๐พ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท, ๐๐ธ๐ฑ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ชรข๐ฐ๐ช๐ซ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ซ๐ป๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐ช๐๐ช๐ป๐ญ๐ผ, ๐๐๐ช๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐พ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐พ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ท๐ธ๐ฟ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท, ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐พ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ.
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