2010年11月10日水曜日

the Sahara conflict, spain urgess calm but avoids codemning the use of violence by Rabat

El conflicto del Sáhara

España llama a la calma pero evita condenar el uso de la fuerza por Rabat

La ministra de Exteriores pide la intervención de Naciones Unidas

P. X. DE SANDOVAL / M. GONZÁLEZ - La Paz / Madrid - 09/11/2010
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The Sahara conflictSpain urges calm but avoids condemning the use of force by RabatForeign Minister calls for UN intervention
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Trinidad Jiménez, reacted cautiously yesterday to the forcible eviction of the camp set up by Saharawi activists Agdaym Izik, 15 kilometers of Laayoune. After expressing his "concern" at reports from the former Spanish colony, the minister made a "call for restraint and calm" and urged the resumption of direct talks between Morocco and the Frente Polisario, scheduled for yesterday in New York.

    
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Canary President accuses Morocco of "going all the limits"
Jimenez, who surprised the news official visit to La Paz (Bolivia) said that the three Spanish who were inside the camp "are good."
Later, at a press conference with his Bolivian counterpart, David Choquehuanca, requested the intervention of the Security Council of the UN, as it is a matter "that concern the international community." "I think the British presidency [Security Council] could take any decision and convene", he said, but qualified that soon should have final reports on what happened. "When we all reports, we can make a general assessment," he said.
External sources insisted that it is an international issue, not bilateral between Spain and Morocco, Spanish and limited responsibility to support dialogue between the parties provided as a member of the Friends of the Sahara.
The minister avoided condemning the use of violence by Rabat and acknowledged he had not spoken with his Moroccan counterpart, Taeb Fassi-Fihri, who boasted last week in Madrid that Rabat had not forcibly dismantled the camp, that supposedly proved his commitment to dialogue.
Caution against the government, most groups reacted with outrage at the Moroccan action. One of the most compelling was the president of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, who said: "This is the time to say: 'Enough."
"There has been ambiguity on the part of Spain. I know that interest must navigate between two stools, but it is time that Spain required the intervention of the European Union," Rivero said, recalling that Morocco enjoys a very important European policies. " "Europe can not keep looking the other way, because they have exceeded all limits," he said.
With no less forcefully ruled the PNV, which condemned "the unwarranted and violent assault" at the camp, while Eusko Alkartasuna stopped short of calling for the suspension of relations with Morocco.
The parties in the intergroup Peace and Freedom for Sahara Basque parliament issued a statement condemning the "categorically" the facts, according to Basque Press. Although the PP is part of this group (with the PNV, PSE, Aralar, EA, Ezker Batua and the Union for Progress and Democracy), its general secretary, Maria Dolores de Cospedal, simply ask the government to sponsor talks between Morocco and the Polisario "that can be made with confidence and without interference that may tarnish his good purpose."
Five parties (ERC, IU, ICV, Nafarroa Bai and BNG) called upon the President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in Congress to explain the Government's position before the events of Laayoune.
About 300 people marched yesterday to the Moroccan Embassy in Madrid for a "free Sahara."


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