Madrid, 01/03/2010 (SPS) Polisario Front Sunday asked the English government to boost the holding of a referendum for self-determination in Western Sahara during its six-month presidency of the EU for the Saharawi people to freely decide their future in accordance with UN resolutions.
" The English presidency of the EU is a great opportunity to grow in the sense of respect for international law on the Saharawi conflict, "he told the English news agency EFE, the representative office of the Polisario Front in Spain, Mohamed Khaddad.
He stressed that recognition of self-determination for the Saharawi people must be accompanied of the referendum to allow the Sahrawi to choose freely either for independence, autonomy or integration with Morocco.
"We do not want to create problems between Spain and Morocco, they may have good relations, but Spain should assume its historical responsibility towards the conflict Saharawi and push the referendum, "said Khaddad, who is also the coordinator of the Frente Polisario with MINURSO.
The Saharawi official also stressed that the forthcoming summit between the EU and Morocco, scheduled for March 8 Granada, "will require an exceptional opportunity for Rabat to respect human rights and to end the repression of Saharawi civilians in the occupied territories
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Otherwise," Morocco can not benefit from the status of preferred partner to the EU, "he added, recalling that the country" is not the administering Power this former English colony, but the occupant under the UN doctrine.
The Saharawi official denounced, in addition, the police harassment against the Moroccan Sahrawi activists, including Aminatou Haidar, since his return Airport Lanzarote (Canary Islands) after 32 days of hunger strike. (SPS) 020/090/700 031800
January 10 SPS
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