Algiers, Jan 28, 2015 (SPS) - Algeria and Niger reaffirm, in a joint statement issued on Tuesday at the end of the state visit of Niger’s President MahamadouIssoufou to Algeria, at the invitation of President of the Republic AbdelazizBouteflika, their support to the efforts of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to reach a mutually acceptable peaceful solution to the Western Sahara conflict."
The two Presidents reaffirmed their support to the efforts of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Envoy Christopher Ross aiming at reaching a peaceful and mutually acceptable solution providing to the self-determination of Saharawi people in accordance with the Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly," said the joint statement.
In this regard, “the two sides expressed their satisfaction at the peaceful resolution of most conflicts in the continent,” and underlined the concern regarding the persistence of some hotbeds of tensions in Africa, which due to their complexity and seriousness require bold thinking of all African partners on the need to join efforts in accordance with the principles enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the African Union,” said the joint statement. (SPS)
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