Neither EU Nor Any of Its Member States Recognize the So-Called ‘SADR’ – Spokesperson Reaffirms

This statement came in response to a question about the upcoming European Union–African Union ministerial meeting, scheduled for next Wednesday in Brussels.

Recalling that EU-AU ministerial meetings are co-chaired and co-organized by both Unions, the EU spokesperson attributed any potential presence of this entity at the EU-AU ministerial meeting to the African Union, thereby denying that the EU had invited the so-called “SADR” to the said meeting.

In this context, he made it clear that “the EU’s position is well known: neither the EU nor any of its Member States recognize the so-called “SADR,” and that the potential presence of this entity “at the EU-AU ministerial meeting has no bearing on this position.