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June 2016

United States expresses its condolences following the death of Mohamed Abdelaziz

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Washington, June 01, 2016 - United States Tuesday expressed his "deepest condolences" on the death of SG of Polisario Front,  President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic(SADR), Mohamed Abdelaziz.
 
"We have seen reports that the secretary general of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, has died. We express our deepest condolences to his family," sources of State Department told Efe.SPS
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AU Chairperson expresses deep condolences to the family of the late President Mohamed Abdelaziz, and to the entire people and Government of the Saharawi Republic

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 01, 2016 - The Chairperson of African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has learnt with great sadness the passing away of the President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, H.E. Mohamed Abdelaziz. The Saharawi leadership officially announced the death on 31 May 2016. He was in his sixties.
 

Death of Mohamed Abdelaziz: Deceased made peace a major goal

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Algiers, June 01,  2016 SPS)-   President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika said that the Sahrawi people have lost with the death of their president, Mohamed Abdelaziz, a courageous activist who “made peace a strategic principle and a major goal,” saying he is saddened that deceased died before his country has recovered freedom and independence.

Cuba decrees official mourning following the death of Saharawi leader

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Havana, June 01, 2016 -  the Sister Republic of Cuba through the Council of State decreed official mourning following the death of the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz.
According to information from the national television of Cuba released by the Cuban agency Prensa Latina, "the State Council of the Republic of Cuba agreed to declare official mourning from 06:00 hours on June 1 until 12:00 the night of 2 of June".SPS
 
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Finnish Communist Party extends condolences over passing away of President Mohamed Abdelaziz

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Helnski , 06  jui 2016(SPS)-The Communist Party of Finland has offered condolences to the family of the late President Mohamed Abdelaziz, the Frente Polisario and the Saharawi people as a whole, according to the Saharawi representation in Finland.
In a statement issued by its chairman Juha-Pekka Väisänen, the Finnish political party said the deceased Saharawi president has fervently fought to express to all the international community the right of the Saharawi people to become an independent nation, said the source.