SPS SADR/SCANDINAVIAN
COUNTRIES Iceland support Security
Council's resolutions on Western Sahara, declares Saharawi
Representative
06.12.04
Reykjavik (Island), 06/12/04
(SPS) Saharawi Representative to Scandinavian countries, Mr. Lamine
Yahiaoui, affirmed to SPS on Thursday that the Government and
Parliament of Iceland "firmly support" Security Council's resolutions
on Western Sahara, after his meeting with the Icelandic Permanent
Secretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Guunar
Snorri Gunnarsson.
Received at the seat of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs by the
Icelandic Permanent Secretary of State to the Ministry, Guunar Snorri
Gunnarsson, to whom he handed over a letter addressed by President
Abdelaziz to Icelandic Prime Minister, Mr. Yahyaoui declared to SPS
after the meeting that the Icelandic Government "firmly support
Security Council's resolutions on Western Sahara, and the efforts
deployed by the UN and its Secretary General to resolve the conflict
that opposes Saharawi people to the Moroccan Government".
The meeting, that took place with the presence of the Political
Director of the Ministry, Ambassador Sturia Sigurjonsson et Mr. Nikulas
Hanningan, Head of the Division of International Institutions of
the Political Department, focused on "the last developments of the
Saharawi question, as well as the contribution Icelandic Government
could provide for the establishment of peace in the region, by
supporting the international legality in Western Sahara", added the
Saharawi Representative to SPS.
Mr. Yahyaoui had been, before, invited by the Committee for Foreign
Affairs at the Parliament, where he was received by its President, Mrs.
Solveig Petursdottir, with the presence of representatives of political
parties in Parliament.
The Saharawi diplomat exposed to his audience the situation of the
peace process in Western Sahara, emphasizing the obstacles erected by
Morocco in front of the UN's attempts to resolve the conflict
peacefully.
"Polisario Front gave tremendous concessions to help the international
community resolve the conflict peacefully, but Moroccan intransigence
and the lack of firmness from the UN lead all solutions to failure,
what imposes more pressures on Morocco from the countries of the world,
Iceland included, "to impose the respect of the international legality
and put an end to the indecision of the UN", he put.
On their part, the Icelandic Parliament members expressed "their
unconditioned support to the UN's efforts and to the Saharawi people
right to self-determination", indicated Mr. Yahyaoui, who recently was
in a round to the Scandinavian countries, mainly Iceland, Finland,
Sweden and Norway. (SPS)
SPS SADR/FINLAND/SOLIDARITY The Finnish Western Sahara
Association reiterates its support to Saharawi people right to
self-determination
Helsinki, 06/12/04 (SPS) The
Finnish Western Sahara Association recently held its first meeting in
Helsinki, "reiterating its support to Saharawi people right to
self-determination and independence", reported a source from the
Saharawi Representation to Scandinavian countries.
Attended by representatives of the different Finnish political parties,
trade unions, civil society, journalists and eminent personalities such
as Mr. Jacob Soderman, the famous Finnish political figure, the meeting
was "an occasion for the association to reiterate its support to
Saharawi people right to self-determination and independence", declared
Saharawi Representative to Scandinavian countries, Mr. Lamine Yahyaoui,
to SPS.
Mr. Yahyaoui, who participated as the guest of honour to the meeting,
indicated in his intervention that "the international community must
assume its responsibility in the process of decolonisation of Western
Sahara by making use of all its influence to compel Morocco respect
Security Council's resolutions and implement the Baker Plan for the
self-determination of the Saharawi people, as it is considered a viable
and optimum political solution for the settlement of the conflict".
The meeting was also an "opportunity to discuss the last developments
of the Saharawi question, to study the best ways to organise the
efforts of the friends of the Saharawi people in Finland so as to
support the Saharawi cause in the country and to arise the awareness of
the Finnish civil society for the defence of the Saharawi people right
to freedom", concluded Mr. Yahyaoui. (SPS)
SPS SADR/SPAIN The President of the Republic
received the Director for Cooperation and Development of Asturias
Chahid El Hafed, 06/12/2004
(SPS) The President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz received the
Director for Cooperation and Development in the Asturias Autonomous
Government Monday evening at the seat of the presidency in Chahid El
Hafed.
The meeting took place with the presence of the Saharawi Minister for
Cooperation, Mr. Salek Baba Hassena and Bachir Heddad, Saharawi
Representative to the Government of Asturias.
After his audience with the President of the Republic, Mr. Rafael
declared to SPS that "the meeting was very interesting and allowed me
to transmit to the Head of the State at to the Saharawi people the
political support of the Government and the people of Asturias", who
will continue "supporting your legitimate struggle for your right to
self-determination and independence", he added.
On another hand he underlined that he had many meetings with Saharawi
political authorities in the camps in order to get a clearer idea about
the situation Saharawi people live in the refugees’ camps.
"We are aware that apart from the political support, there also
must be a more important support in the economic field such as the
financing of projects so as to reinforce the cooperation between the
authorities of the two countries", he emphasised.
Accompanied by hundreds of personalities and families from Asturias in
a visit to the camps, Mr. Rafael A. Palacio Garcia had already visited
many Saharawi institutions and had meetings with many Saharawi
officials to talk about the possible means and ways of developing the
cooperation and collaboration between the two Government, it was
indicated. (SPS)
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