Ireland: Sahara issue has lasted too long
Morocco-Ireland, Politics, 7/20/2002

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has sent to Irish Premier Bertie Ahern a message on developments of the Moroccan Sahara issue at the United nations and especially at the level of consultations at the Security Council.

The message was handed over to Irish foreign minister, Brian Cowen, on Thursday by Moroccan minister of human rights, Mohammed Aujjar, who arrived in Dublin earlier in the day.

Aujjar stressed that the international community should endeavor to put an end to the Sahara issue through the political solution proposed by the UN secretary general

and that is to be discussed by the Security Council in the coming days.

Aujjar renewed to the Irish foreign minister Morocco's readiness to fully cooperate for a settlement of the issue in the frame of Morocco's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Irish foreign minister said the Sahara issue has lasted for too long and that his country appreciates Morocco's availability, expressing hope that the issue would be settled quickly.

Touching on the situation of Moroccans detained by the polisario on Algerian soil, Cowen said his country deems it necessary to release all Moroccan detainees immediately and unconditionally, expressing hope that the Security Council would act accordingly.

Aujjar had earlier visited Oslo where he handed Norwegian prime minister, Magne Kjell Bondevik, a message from King Mohammed VI, dealing with the developments of the Sahara issue, mainly as regards the role of the UN Security Council in promoting the political settlement proposed by the UN secretary general and his personal envoy, James Baker.

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