Western Sahara Issue

Western Sahara: Large demonstration in Madrid for referendum on self-determination
 
MADRID (Spain)- Spanish coordination of organizations supporting Western Sahara (CEAS-Sahara) called during a large demonstration in Madrid, on Wednesday, for a referendum on self-determination in the Sahrawi territories occupied by Morocco.
Held under the slogan: "They Will Not Silence Us, Free Sahara Now, the Only Solution is Self-determination," the demonstration march started from La Calle Atocha and ended in Plaza de Santa Ana, in Madrid.
The demonstrators who criss-crossed the streets of the Spanish capital carried banners reading "Free Sahara" and "Human rights now."
In a speech at the end of the march, the president of the CEAS-Sahara, Xavier Serra, said the demonstration's goal was to "demand the holding, without delay, of a referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara, denounce the exploitation the Western Sahara's natural resources through illegal agreements between the European Union and Morocco, request the direct involvement of the Spanish government for a fair and final solution to the conflict."
Serra stressed that the CEAS-Sahara rejected Madrid's support of Morocco's sinister plan of Western Sahara autonomy.
"In addition to being unfair," such a support, he added, "deliberately ignores the duty and responsibility of Spain as the administrative power."
 
Lamamra holds talks with Sahrawi counterpart
 
ALGIERS-Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ramtane Lamamra held talks on Sunday, in Algiers, with Sahrawi counterpart Mohamed Salem Ould Salek.
 
The meeting took place in the presence of Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad, Amar Belani.