SPS SADR/MOZAMBIQUE The President of the Republic
participates to the ceremony of nomination of the new President of
Mozambique
03.02.05
Maputo,
03/02/2005 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz,
arrived Tuesday evening to Maputo, so as to participate to the ceremony
of nomination of the new Mozambican President, Armando Emilio Guebuza,
indicated an official source to SPS.
The Head of the State was received to the Presidential Palace by the
former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Alberto Chissano, who had
already visited SADR last December 2004. The meeting took place in "a
warm atmosphere" and allowed the discussion of "the excellent
relations" that link Mozambique and SADR since decades, it was
indicated.
Asked after the meeting Mr. Abdelaziz declared to the Mozambican
television that "the ties of solidarity that link the Saharawi and
Mozambican peoples go back to the common struggle against colonialism
for the liberation and the emancipation of the African continent".
In this respect, he underlined that "the Republic of Mozambique is one
of the first countries to recognise SADR, which is represented since
two decades by an Embassy in Maputo".
Abdelaziz, finally, asserted that "with the President Guebuza, the ties
between the two countries would be further reinforced for the good of
the two peoples and for the peace in Africa".
In his speech, President Guebuza further emphasised that he "will
pursue the work of his predecessor, Joaquim Chissano, and that his
Government will achieve the regional and international commitments of
Mozambique. He also stressed that he would remain attached to the
principles of the Charters of the UN and the AU".
Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz was then invited to the luncheon offered in the
Presidential Palace to the honour of the present foreign delegations.
He met there with the new President of Mozambique and attended an
artistic show that closed the celebrations.
During his sojourn in Maputo, Mr. Abdelaziz met with the Presidents of
South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau,
Sao Tomé and Principe, the vice-president of Brazil and the
Prime minister of East Timor, added the same source.
The President was accompanied by a delegation composed of the
Coordinator with the Minurso, M'Hamed Khadad, and the Saharawi
Ambassador to Mozambique, Adda Brahim Hmeim. (SPS)
SPS SADR/AFRICAN
UNION/SUMMIT Closure of the African Union's
Summit in Abuja
Abuja (Nigeria), 03/02/2005
(SPS) The fourth ordinary meeting of the African Heads of States and
Governments recently closed its works with the adoption of many
resolutions on the settlement of conflicts, food security, AIDS and the
adoption of a schedule for the meetings up to 2010.
In his report, the President of the African Commission, Alpha Oumar
Conaré, deplored the fact that the Kingdom, of Morocco "continue
to reject the Baker Plan".
He recalled that the UN's Security Council had invited the parties to
the conflict and the States of the region to cooperate with the UN in
order to progress in the peace process.
In this respect, "the AU will continue providing full support to the
efforts aimed at finding a lasting solution to the conflict, based on
the UN General Assembly and Security Council's pertinent resolutions
that preconceive self-determination to the people of Western Sahara",
underlined the President of the African Commission.
The President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, who took part to the
Summit, and who was accompanied by an important delegation, had had
many meetings on margin of the summit, mainly with the Presidents of
Nigeria, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and Benin as well as the
Head of the Libyan delegation.
The Leaders of the African States and Governments decided to hold the
AU's future annual summits in Libya in July, 2005, in Sudan in January
2006, Ghana in July 2007, Angola in July 2008, Madagascar in July 2009
and in Egypt in 2010. (SPS)
SAHARA
PRESS SERVICE