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January 2016

Saharawi Ambassador received by Panamanian National Assembly President

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Panama, January 13, 2016 (SPS)-The Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to Panama, Ali Mahmoud was received Friday by the president of the National Assembly of Panama, the Honorable Deputy Ruben De Leon.

  
The Republic of Panama is the first Latin American country to recognize SADR, and has historical ties of friendship, solidarity and cooperation with the Saharawi Republic for nearly four decades.

 

Saharawi Ambassador received by Panamanian National Assembly President

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Panama, January 12, 2016 (SPS) - The Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to Panama, Ali Mahmoud was received Friday by the president of the National Assembly of Panama, the Honorable Deputy Ruben De Leon.
 

The Republic of Panama is the first Latin American country to recognize SADR, and has historical ties of friendship, solidarity and cooperation with the Saharawi Republic for nearly four decades.

 

Panamanian Party hails Saharawi Embassy reopening in Panama

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Panama, January 12, 2016 (SPS) The International Relations Committee (IRC) of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) in Panama welcomed the reopening of the embassy of SADR in Panama and the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries said a public statement released Saturday, a copy of which was obtained by the SPS.
 

The commission also hailed the resumption of diplomatic relations between Panama and the Saharawi Republic established in May 1979 and suspended in November 2013, the statement added
 

 

Polisario Front welcomes UN Secretary General's forthcoming visit to region

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Chahid El Hafed(Sahrawi refugee camp), January 11, 2016 (SPS) -The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front welcomed the forthcoming visit of the UN Secretary General to the region while expressing the hope that this visit will allow involvement of the Council Security to enable MINURSO to carry out its core mission, which consists in the holding of a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara.

New appointments in diplomatic corps

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Shaheed El Hafed, January 11, 2015 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, made Sunday new appointments in the diplomatic corps, including the ambassadors of the SADR and representatives of the Polisario Front, according to a communiqué of the Presidency of the Republic.
 

Announcement of new appointments in civil and military sectors

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Shaheed El Hafed, January 11, 2015 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, made Sunday appointments at the levels of the Walis (governors) and Saharawi People's Liberation Army, said a statement of the Presidency of the Republic.

 

He appointed Mohamed Yeslem Beissat, the Wali of El Aaiun, Mariem Salek Hmada, the Wali of Awserd, Salem Lebsir, the Wali of Smara, Salek Baba Hassana, the Wali of Dakhla and the Fatma Balla, the Wali of Boujdour.

 

Crans Montana Forum represents flagrant violation of international law (Polisario Front)

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Shaheed El-Hafed, January 11, 2016 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front confirmed that "the efforts of the Crans Montana Forum to hold its next session in the occupied territories of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), after the failure of its last session, represents a flagrant violation of international law and contempt of the United Nations Charter."

 

Department of State rejects decision of Congress concerning use in Western Sahara of aid for Morocco

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Washington, January 11, 2016 (SPS) - The Department of State has rejected a provision of the Congress on the use in Western Sahara of a controversial financial aid, destined for Morocco, members of American Parliament told APS on Sunday.

 

The financial aid in question is an aid granted to Morocco under the 2016 US federal budget and whose funds can be used in Western Sahara.

 

National Secretariat of Polisario Front holds first meeting after 14th Congress

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Shaheed El-Hafed (Refugee Camps), January 9, 2016 (SPS) - The National Secretariat held Saturday its first meeting after the 14th Congress of the Polisario Front, under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz.

 

President of Republic appoints Abelkader Taleb Omar prime minister

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Shaheed El-Hafed, January 9, 2016 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the polidario Front, Mogamed Abdelaziz, appointed Saturday Abelkader Taleb Omar as the prime minister.

 

According to a statement of the Presidency of the Republic, the President of the Republic received Saturday Abelkader Taleb Omar, member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, and entrusted him to form the new government.

 

Re-opening of Sahrawi Embassy in the Republic of Panama (Foreign Ministry statement)

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Chahid Hafed, January 07, 2015 (SPS) – the Sahrawi embassy in Republic of Panama opened today, where Mr. Ali Mahmud began his work as the ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sahrawi Republic to the sister Republic of Panama, said a foreign ministry statement.

The Republic of Panama is the first Latin American country to recognize SADR, and has historical ties of friendship, solidarity and cooperation with the Saharawi Republic for nearly four decades.

Swedish Social Democratic Party reaffirms Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination

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Stockholm, January 07, 2016 (SPS) -  The Swedish Social Democratic Party reaffirmed the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination, in a letter recently sent to the Polisario Front, congratulating it for the smooth running of its 14th congress.

“The Swedish Social Democratic Party supports the Sahrawi people’s right to live in a democratic, free and independent State. We firmly condemn any occupation of the Sahrawi territory,” said the party in a letter, extracts of which were published by the Sahrawi news agency SPS.

Unemployed Sahrawis subject to repression and humiliation in occupied El Aaiun

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Occupied El Aaiun, January 06, 2016 (SPS) - a group of unemployed Sahrawi on Tuesday were subjected to physical and verbal assaults by the Moroccan occupation police officers in civilian uniforms and by various  formations of the auxiliary forces in the occupied El Aaiun, reported by The Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA).

President of the Republic congratulates his Cuban counterpart on the occasion of Cuban Revolution anniversary triumph

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Bir Lahlou(Saharawi liberated territories) January 05, 2016 (SPS) - the President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, sent a congratulatory letter to his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
President Mohamed Abdelaziz expressed, in his own name and on behalf of the Saharawi Government and people, his warmest and heartfelt congratulations, to his counterpart and to the Cuban people on the occasion.