Dublin, Oct 25, 2012 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz was received by the leader of the second largest opposition party in Ireland (Sinn Fein), Gerry Adams, according to sources close to the presidential delegation.
President Mohamed Abdelaziz recalled the obstinacy of the Moroccan government, which blocked all efforts of the international community for any solution to the conflict in Western Sahara and its refusal to cooperate with the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ambassador Christopher Ross.
He also emphasized the important role of the European Union (EU) to speed up ending the tragedy of the Saharawi people and its impact on the peoples of the region in general.
In this regard, the President stressed the responsibility of the UN in the decolonization of the last colony in Africa, and the need to enable MINURSO to fulfill its task in organizing a referendum on self-determination of the Saharawi people and expand its mandate to include monitoring and protection of human rights in Western Sahara .
For his part, Mr Gerry Adams reiterated his party's position for the right of peoples to freedom and self-determination and its intention to maintain regular relations between his party Sinn Fein and the Polisario Front. (SPS)
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