After Morocco’s flagrant violation of the terms of the
ceasefire in Western Sahara on Friday 13 November 2020 war
broke out between the two sides. In the midst of this war
Tauranga based Ballance Agri-Nutrients has decided to carry
on importing phosphate rock plundered by Morocco from
occupied Western Sahara. A new cargo of phosphate rock is on
its way to New Zealand and is due at the port in Tauranga on
the 23rd of February 2021. This rock belongs to Western
Sahara but is mined and exported by the Moroccan occupation.
By choosing to carry on as normal with the trade Western
Sahara Campaign-NZ believes that Ballance Agri-Nutrients has
chosen to side with the aggressor Morocco.
This trade
continues to shame both Ballance Agri-Nutrients and New
Zealand. Western Sahara Campaign-NZ calls on New Zealanders
to contact their political representatives and tell them it
is time to end this trade. Western Sahara Campaign-NZ also
calls on both the board of Ballance Agri-Nutrients, and its
shareholders, to take immediate steps in halting this
immoral trade from a war
zone.
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