Poland Embassy in Rabat Denies Plans To Open a Consulate in Western Sahara

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27th March 2022

Poland Embassy in Rabat Denies Plans To Open a Consulate in Western Sahara

The Polish embassy denied plans to open a consulate Western Sahara (Getty).

The Claim

The Polish embassy in Rabat is planning to open a consulate in Western Sahara’s city of Laayoune.

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Online media outlets have recently published alleged news that Poland’s embassy in Rabat intends to open a consulate in the city of Laayoune in Western Sahara.

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Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar’s team investigated the circulated claim and found it fake. In a tweet it published on its Twitter account, the Polish embassy in Rabat denied the alleged news that it plans to open a consulate in Western Sahara.

Poland and Morocco enjoy very good relations of mutual friendship in all possible fields. However, information about the establishment of a Consulate General of Poland in Laayoune, Western Sahara, is fake news.
— AmbPologne Maroc (@PLauMaroc) March 23, 2022

The claim started to circulate following the European Commission’s announcement on March 21 that it supports Spain’s latest stance in support of Western Sahara’s autonomous self-rule in Morocco.

On Friday, March 18, the Spanish foreign minister announced that his country considers Morocco-presented 2007 self-rule initiative to be the most serious, realistic, and credible basis for resolving the conflict between Rabat and the Polisario Front in Western Sahara.