The comment is an implicit rebuke to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's praise of a Moroccan plan to give the area autonomy but still keep it under its control.
Morocco annexed the mineral-rich territory in 1975 and then fought against the rebel Polisario Front until a truce in 1991.
UN-supervised talks on a potential referendum on independence have since yielded nothing.
Morocco has offered wide-ranging autonomy, and in Rabat on Sunday, Clinton called the plan “serious, realistic and credible.”
But Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika reiterated his country's backing of the Polisario's desire for a referendum. He expressed hope UN talks be restarted. - Sapa-AP
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