Tenerife(Canary Islands), December 31, 2015 (SPS) - the President of the Canary Islands Government Mr. Fernando Clavijo reiterated yesterday the support of his government and Canarian people to the Saharawi people for their right to freedom and self-determination, during a meeting with a Polisario Front representative in Spain Mr. Bachraya Hamudi Bayun .
from his part, the Canary official expressed the principled position of his government towards the Saharawi people and their just cause, voicing the readiness of his government to provide all forms of humanitarian support for the Sahrawi refugees, renewing his government support to the efforts of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and his Personal Envoy, Mr. Christopher Ross to reach a solution which enable the Saharawi people the right to freedom and independence.
Fernando Clavijo pledged to work towards the Spanish central government, urging it to shoulder the historic responsibility towards the Saharawi people and to play a crucial role within the UN Security Council to push him to accelerate the decolonization of Western Sahara and to enable the Saharawi people to free self-determination.
The meeting which was attended by Polisario Front representative in the Canary Islands Mr. Hamdi Mansour reviewed the latest developments in the Saharawi issue at the international level and the UN peace plan in Western Sahara, in addition to bilateral relations between the two people and the ways to promote it. (SPS)
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