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London,
07/11/2007 (SPS) The Australian Western Sahara Association (AWSA)
warned against the pursuit of importation of phosphate from
Western Sahara by an Australian fertilisers company.
After a shipment of phosphate the ship "Jin Yi" is planning to
bring a new phosphate cargo in November the 10 and 11th from
Western Sahara to the account of the Australian CSBP Fremantle
company Wes Farmers, a press release by the Association
indicated.
The importation of the Western Sahara phosphate is, according to
AWSA, "an economical and political support to the barbarous
occupation". "The natural resources of Western Sahara re the
property of the Saharawi people not the Moroccan government",
the Association stressed.
AWSA considers that the importation "of stolen resources" is a
violation of the international law.
By continuing the plundering of the phosphate of the last colony
in Africa and fixing as an objective to reach a production of
three millions to a year, Morocco deprives the Saharawi people
of their goods, the association adds.
It calls to the suspension of the importation by Australia
companies of the Saharawi phosphate, which is "stolen" from the
occupied zone of Western Sahara, until the settlement of the
conflict or look for ways to legalise the economical operations
with the territory.
The Australian association urged the company, on the other hand,
to study the position of the Swedish Minister for Foreign
Affairs vis-à-vis the Moroccan colonial policy in Western
Sahara, by denouncing the plundering of the Saharawi resources.
In this respect, it should be recalled, the Swedish FA Minister
affirmed last September in a press release before the Swedish
Parliament that Western Sahara is a territory occupied by
Morocco, and that the Moroccan claims over Western Sahara have
no legal basis, and thus the exploitation of the natural
resources of the territory is illegal. (SPS)
010/090/700 071809 OCT 07 SPS |
