The Guardian : South Africa's recognition of 'SADR' harms own interests

South Africa's recent recognition of the puppet "Sahrawi republic," proclaimed by the Polisario secessionists that claim the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, will harm Pretoria's own interests, said the British daily The Guardian.

"Relations between Rabat and Pretoria, never warm, will become frostier at the expense of South African firms which had an eye" on Morocco's "opening economy."

According to the paper, which quotes South Africa's Institute of International Affairs, the row will not help Pretoria's bid for a permanent seat on the UN security council" either.

Following South Africa's move, Morocco lashed out at Algeria's campaign to dispute the Kingdom's sovereignty over its southern provinces known as the Sahara, in a memorandum published Sunday.

"Algeria has since 1973 worked to systematically hamper the completion of the Kingdom territorial integrity," stressed the memorandum addressed by Morocco to the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan.