SAHARA PRESS SERVICE

Chahid El Hafed, 06/06/04 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, affirmed on Saturday during a meeting held in the presidency, that Spanish Government "has categorically denied the existence of any solution to Western Sahara's conflict apart from international legality".

During this meeting, to which the political leadership, Government and other civil and military officials took part, the debates focussed on the last developments of the national question, especially the official visit undertaken by Spanish Foreign affairs Ministry's Secretary of State, Bernardino Leon Gross, to refugees camps on Wednesday, where he had a meeting with Polisario Front's leadership and with SADR's Government.

Mr. Abdelaziz asserted that the mentioned visit was aimed to "reaffirm Spain's firm will to contribute in reaching a just and lasting solution to Western Sahara's conflict on the basis of international legality and within the framework of United Nations".

"The Spanish Government, added the Head of State, did not propose and does not support any solution to Western Sahara's conflict apart from international legality or out of the auspices of the United Nations, as long as Western Sahara's question remain an unachieved case of decolonisation".

On another hand, Mr. President estimated that the regional and international conditions, "are suitable for Spain to play a particular role in contributing to get the process of settlement out of the stagnation it knows for more that a decade".

"The international community should sanction Moroccan Kingdom's intransigence and policy of rushing ahead", he said.

Mr. Abdelaziz asserted that the future relationships between Saharawi people and Spain "will increasingly develop the co-operation between the two parties in the human, sanitary, educational fields (among others) because the Saharawi question constitute a particular interest not only to the Government but also to the political forces and to the Spanish people who had always backed us". (SPS)

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