Copenhagen (Denmark) 7 October 2016 (SPS) - Polisario Front's Representative to Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin, was received Friday by Mr. Christian Juhl, member of Danish Parliament from the Red-Green Alliance Party.
The Saharawi diplomat briefed his interlocutor about the latest developments with regard to the issue of Western Sahara, the UN peace process, and the Moroccan government’s recent violation of ceasefire agreement of 1991 and its military escalation in Al-Guargarat area.
The discussions also tackled the human rights situation in occupied Western Sahara mainly the critical situation of the Saharawi human rights activists imprisoned in Morocco.
The Saharawi representative demanded more pressure from the Danish Parliament so that Morocco releases the Gdaim Izik group and all the Saharawi human rights activists.
It should be noted that the Danish parliament had unanimously passed a motion June 2nd on Western Sahara, which urges the Danish companies and Danish public sector to refrain from trade deals with Morocco that include Western Sahara.
During the debate that preceded the vote, Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristian Jensen said he would talk to Danish companies to ensure that they know of the motion and the position the Danish parliament has now taken on Western Sahara. (SPS)
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