Copenhagen (Denmark), August 29, 2014 –POLISARIO Representative in Denmark Mr. Abba Malainin has today held talks in the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) with Mr. Christian Juhl, member of the Danish Parliament and Foreign Affairs Spokesman of the Red-Green Alliance Party.
During the meeting, the Saharawi Representative voiced concerns of the Saharawi side about the recent Moroccan army escalation in occupied Western Sahara.
These deep concerns were expressed recently by the President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, in a letter to the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
"We express our concern and warning that the Kingdom of Morocco may be on the verge of conducting a blatant attack on the liberated territories of Western Sahara, in which Sahrawi army troops, administration, civilian citizens, and the United Nations centers are based," said the President of the Republic.
“The Moroccan State proceeded to assemble and mobilize its army in an unprecedented serious and striking development since the signing of the cease-fire between the Moroccan and Sahrawi armies,” he added.
President Mohamed Abdelaziz emphasized if this action happened it would be a “violation of the cease-fire in effect between the Polisario Front and the Kingdom of Morocco since September 6, 1991”.
The member of Danish Parliament said that he will draw the attention of the Danish Government to the Moroccan army recent escalation in occupied Western Sahara.
It worth mentioning here that Denmark’s Parliament adopted recently new policy on Western Sahara.
The Danish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee adopted recently by a majority of the Parties a report in which it supports the efforts of the United Nations that will lead to self-determination referendum on the status of Western Sahara,calls on to provide the UN Mission for the Referendum inWestern Sahara (MINURSO ) with a mechanism to monitor human rights situation in Western Sahara, recommends the Danish governmental institutions and companies not to buy products from Western Sahara, and demands from the Danish Government to consider and start providing humanitarian aid to the Saharawi refugees in Algeria.
It worth mentioning also here that 4 Danish municipalities have recently stopped the purchase of Salt from occupied Western Sahara. (SPS)
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