Balearic Islands (Spain), October 13, 2014 (SPS) - The President of the National Council (Parliament), Khatri Addouh completed his working visit to the Balearic Islands, which began on October 9, at the official invitation of the Speaker of the Balearic Islands parliament.
Mr. Addouh gave a lecture in which he introduced a presentation of the history of the conflict over Western Sahara, the latest developments of the issue in light of the obstacles erected by Morocco to the search for a just solution to the conflict that lasted so many years.
The situation in the Sahrawi refugee camps and that of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara were also discussed, before expressing gratitude to the solidarity of the government and people of the Balearic Islands towards the Saharawi people.
For his part, the President of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, Margarita Durán, said "we are also aware of the need to give voice to those who are suffering so that they do not remain in oblivion."
"This position was demonstrated in all institutional declarations adopted unanimously in favor of the Saharawi people, as the Parliamentary Intergroup for Peace and Freedom to Western Sahara, composed of members of all political groups," she added. (SPS)
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