Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 9/27/2004
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of September 27, 2004
- Former Polisario member deplores Algiers' obstinacy in Sahara issue
Al Fadili Salek, a former member of the Polisario separatist group, deplored Friday Algiers' "obstinacy" to block the efforts made by Morocco and other parties to settle the Sahara dispute. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/2/2004 - Moroccan press raises questions over Algeria's armament race
The paper noted that the type of equipment Algeria purchases leads to believe this hides other eventualities because priority is given to "offensive weapons rather than defence arms, especially that no country in the region poses a threat to Algeria." Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/2/2004 - Algeria receives Khatami after a ten year of boycott
Iranian president Muhammad Khatami arrives in Algeria tomorrow in an official visit which is the first since the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2003. Algeria-Iran, Politics, 10/1/2004 - Sahrawi NGO: Algeria is party in Sahara conflict
Algeria is a "party" in the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara because it hosts the Polisario secessionists and backs them financially and diplomatically, said spokesman of the Association of Saharawi tribes in Europe, Lahcen Mahraoui. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 10/1/2004 - Moroccan memo To UN SG aims to cast light on Algeria direct responsibility in Sahara dossier, official
Benabdellah, also governement spokesman, told Tuesday, the Moroccan TVM channel, the letter addressed to the UN by Algerian president contains "odd and serious" elements as it describes Morocco, for the first time, as an occupying power" in the Moroccan Southern provinces. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 9/30/2004 - Morocco's Memorandum to UN unveils Algiers' responsibility in Sahara conflict, political parties
Leaders and representatives of Moroccan political parties were unanimous that the memorandum presented by Morocco to the UN on the Sahara issue unveils Algeria's hostility towards Morocco and its ambition to play a key role in the region, on the expense of the Kingdom's territorial integrity. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 9/29/2004 - Bonds of allegiance between Sahrawi tribes and Moroccan monarchy flawless, NGO
The historic bonds of allegiance linking Sahrawi tribes to the Moroccan monarchy are flawless, a reality that Algerians should be reminded of, said spokesman of the Association of Sahrawi Tribes in Europe, Lahcen Mahraoui. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 9/29/2004 - Sahara issue: Algerian General calls for settlement through large autonomy
Former head of the Algerian army's general staff, General Khalid Nezzar, called for the settlement of the Sahara issue through "some kind of large autonomy," stressing that the plan of the former UN Secretary General's special envoy, James Baker, is now "outdated." Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 9/29/2004 - Political party: Morocco's sovereignty over Sahara not subject to negotiations Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 9/28/2004
- AL Khaleej: Morocco open to solution securing sovereignty over Sahara, Academic
Morocco has wisely dealt with the Sahara issue and has been open to a solution that secures its sovereignty over its territory, said Pr Abdelhadi Boutaleb in a story ran, on Sunday, by the Abu Dhabi-based "AL Khaleej" daily. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 9/28/2004 - Morocco lashes out at Algeria’s campaign to dispute Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara
“Algeria has since 1973 worked to systematically hamper the completion of the Kingdom territorial integrity,” stressed the memorandum addressed by Morocco to the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 9/27/2004