The letters addressed by President Mbeki to the King of Morocco showed that the Saharan people had never ceased to trust in peace and a peaceful solution, notwithstanding the ever more violent and aggressive statements by various Moroccans in positions of authority.

At the end, they made the people believe that they would end the clashes and allow the peaceful protest to continue until the Central Security forces with the rapid deployment forces attacked the youth after the people calmed down.

He said the Mauritanian opposition is firmly committed to peaceful protest despite the brutal repression it faces and also demanded the immediate release of those arrested during a peaceful march to the Ministry of Interior calling for the end of the current regime.