London, Feb 17, 2015 (SPS) - The UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. Tobias Ellwood, has reaffirmed his country’s support to the UN-led efforts to find a durable a mutually acceptable political solution, ensuring the right to self-determination for the Saharawi people.
Mr. Ellwood said the ministry is consistently discussing the issue of human rights in Western Sahara when meeting with its counterparts in the world, lastly of which was in New York last January.
This position was expressed in an answer to a question raised to the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth by the Shadow Foreign Minister Kerry McCarthy.
Answering another question by Ms. McCarthy, MP of the Labour Party, the minister said his ministry is following the issue. (SPS)
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