May 2017

Wilaya de Auserd, May 31, 2017 (SPS) - The first meeting on the thoughts of the martyr Mohamed Abdelaziz was inaugurated on Wednesday in wilaya of Auserd, with the presence of the Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, the Speaker of the Parliament, Jatri Adduh and other members of the National Secretariat and government, as well as members of Saharawi National Council and representatives of national institutions and foreign delegations.

Chahid Elhafed, May 31, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharawi people commemorate today the first anniversary of the death of its martyr president, Mohamed Abdelaziz, a distinguished figure by his political career and his struggle for independence of Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco and for the inalienable right of the Sahrawi to self-determination.

Santiago de Compostela , May 30, 2017, (SPS) - The General Union of Workers of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (UGTSARIO) participated  in the seventh Congress of the Galician Intersindical Confederation (CIG), with a delegation headed by the foreign affairs and cooperation officer of the organization, Mr Laabeda Kaziza.
 

Havana, May 30, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, during his official visit to Cuba has met with the Saharawi students in the city of Santiago de Cuba and in Havana.
At the meeting, and in addition to academic matters, the issues related to the national cause and the excellent historical relations between the sister peoples in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and the Republic of Cuba were also in the agendas.

Havana, May 30, 2017 (SPS) - The Minister of Education, Mohamed Moulud Mohamed Fadel, was received Monday in Havana by his Cuban counterpart, Ana Elsa.
The meeting, attended by the ambassador in Cuba, Malainin Atgana and the director of foreign relations and cooperation in the Cuban Ministry of Education, constitutes an opportunity to evaluate the high relations between the two countries in the field of education.

Madrid, 30 May , 2017 (SPS). The International festival film of Western Sahara  FiSahara concluded its  activities Monday in the Spanish capital Madrid with the presence of the Saharawi ambassador in Algeria and a representation of the Ministry of Culture and Spanish solidarity movements  with the Saharawi people.
 

Birh Lehlu, May 29, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali, sent a message of congratulations to His Excellency Dr. Mulatu Teshome, President of the Republic Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on the occasion of the celebration of the National Day of the Republic of Ethiopia.

Bir Lehlou, 29 May 2017 (SPS) – The Frente POLISARIO has “strongly” condemned the proposal of the European Commission, the Council of the European Union is expected to decide on, for a mandate to negotiate a revision of the 2000 EU-Morocco Association Agreement, which would include Moroccan products originating illegally in Western Sahara under the trade preferences of that Agreement.

Havana, May 28, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Brahim Ghali, and his Cuban Counterpart, Raul Castro, have discussed in Havana cooperation between the two nations.
Cuban President Raul Castro received Friday the President of the Republic, Brahim Ghali, who is on an official visit in Cuba.
During the fraternal meeting, both leaders agreed on the will to continue developing the historic bonds of solidarity, cooperation and brotherhood that unite the two nations. They also exchanged views on issues on the international agenda.

Santiago de Cuba, May 28, 2017 (SPS) President of the Republic, Brahim Ghali, paid Saturday tribute to the leader of the Cuban revolution, the late president Fidel Castro, in the cemetery of Santa Ifigenia, where he laid wreaths of flowers.
The President of Republic, who arrived in Santiago de Cuba during the third day of his visit in Cuba, paid tribute to José Martí as well.
He also visited the Saharawi students at the local Medical University, the museum of 26 July, in the former Moncada barracks, and Antonio Maceo Plaza of the Revolution. (SPS)

Havana, May 27, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario front, Brahim Ghali, was received Friday by his Cuban counterpart, Raúl Castro, as part of an official visit to Cuba.
The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen the historic ties of solidarity, cooperation and fraternity that unite the two countries and discussed international issues, reported the Cuban press.

Havana, May 26, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, is exoected to arrive in Cuba on the occasion of an official visit during which he will hold official talks with the President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Raul Castro Ruz, and will carry out other activities.
 

Quito, Ecuador, May 25, 2017 (SPS) .- The President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) , Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, has held on the sidelines of his visit to this Andean country to attend the presidential ceremony of transmission of power several meetings  with  presidents  and high Personalities of American Continent.

Bir Lehlou, May 24, 2017 (SPS) -   the  President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr Brahim Ghali has addressed a message of condolences to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Theresa May, in which he "strongly" condemned the attack in which about twenty people lost their lives and dozens others were injured, in the city of Manchester.

Quito, Ecuador, May 24, 2017 (SPS) - The president of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) , Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, arrived in the afternoon on Tuesday, May 23, in Quito, Capital of the Republic of Ecuador, invited by the highest governmental authorities, to participate in the presidential ceremony of transmission of power.

Vienna (Austria), May 23, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharwi Coordinator with MINURSO, member of the National Secretariat, Mr. Emhamed Khaddad, held meetings with the Austrian Foreign Ministry as well as with Ambassador Bernhard Wrabetz at the headquarters of the Austrian government
 

Shaheed El-Hafed, May 22, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharawi Red Crescent Society (SRC) has issued an "urgent" appeal to all donor countries and humanitarian organizations to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to avoid the danger that threatens the life of the Sahrawi refugees who have been totally reliant on international humanitarian assistance for more than 40 years, indicated  a statement from the CRS made public on Monday.

Kingston (San Vincent and the Grenadines) May 22, 2017 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations, Boukhari Ahmed, expressed the Polisario Front’s condemnation of the Moroccan physical assault against members of the Algerian delegation, which was witnessed by all delegations, as well as harassments against other delegations attending the UN Special Committee (Committee of 24) on decolonization.

Kingston (San Vincent and the Grenadines) May 22, 2017 (SPS) - The Polisario Front condemned the Moroccan obstacles during the UN Special Committee on Decolonization held from 16 to 19 May, in Kingston, the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Wilaya of Awserd (Refugee Camps), May 21, 2017 (SPS) -Sahrawi president and Secretary General of the Polisario Front Brahim Ghali hailed Saturday the support of the international community to the Sahrawi cause and the efforts made by all defenders of the Sahrawi people's struggle, notably Algeria, and called on the United Nations to fully assume its responsibility vis-à-vis the completion of the decolonization of Western Sahara.