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“We shall continue to support the Palestinian people in their struggle for the recovery of their legitimate rights,” said the President of the Republic in his address to the Nation before both houses of Parliament at the Palace of Nations (Club des Pins).

“We stand with Palestine and with all oppressed peoples around the world,” he continued.

“Since the beginning of its mandate as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Algeria has been waging a battle for the Palestinian cause,” President Tebboune noted.

He said that “Algeria will remain alongside Palestine until the establishment of its independent State with Al-Quds as its capital.”

The President of the Republic further reaffirmed Algeria’s unwavering position regarding the Western Sahara issue, underscoring that this stance “will not change until the Sahrawi people have exercised their right to self-determination.” This position “carries no animosity towards any party or State,” he said.

The President of the Republic recalled that the Western Sahara issue is registered at the UN level “as a decolonization issue” and that “its file is submitted to the UN Decolonization Commission.”

“The idea of autonomy originated from France, not Morocco. We have known this for decades,” President Tebboune added.

He went on to say that the settlement options they propose are “choices between bad and worse, when it is an issue of decolonization and self-determination,” reaffirming Algeria’s respect for international legality and international law.

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