France's recognition of alleged Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara is a "gift from someone who doesn't own to someone who doesn't deserve"

Algeria - Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Mr. Ahmed Attaf, affirmed today, Wednesday, that France's recognition of the alleged Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara is "a gift from someone who does not own to someone who does not deserve."

Mr. Attaf stated, in a press conference held at the Ministry’s headquarters, in the context of his talk about France’s recognition of the alleged Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, that it is “a step that can be described in a simple phrase, summarizing in its content the legal value of this recognition, which is the phrase ‘a gift from someone who does not own to someone who does not deserve’.”