The Republic of Zambia decided to withdraw its recognition of the so called "SADR", Zambian Foreign Minister Kabinga J. Pande announced on Saturday in Rabat.
Speaking at a joint press press conference with Foreign Mnister Taib Fassi Fihri, Kabinga said that "the Republic of Zambia actually withdrew its recognition of the SADR on March 29, 2011”.
Kabinga’s visit to the Kingdom falls within the framework of strengthening political dialogue and promoting bilateral relations, notably at the economic, technical and cultural levels.
Papua New Guinea withdraws recognition of so-called SADR
Rabat - The Independent State of Papua New Guinea decided to withdraw its recognition of the so-called SADR starting from March 30, 2011.
Morocco’s Foreign Ministry received a verbal note in this regard from Papua New Guinean Foreign Minister expressing the decision of his country to withdraw its recognition of the so called SADR starting from March 30, 2011, Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri said at a joint press conference in Rabat with Zambian peer Kabinga J. Pande.
Speaking on the same occasion, the Zambian minister announced his country’s decided on March 29, 2011 to withdraw its recognition of the so-called SADR.
The process of withdrawing recognitions of the so-called SADR is going on at a steady pace, highlighted Fassi Fihri.
“During the last decade, no less than thirty countries have withdrawn recognition of the so called SADR, an entity which meets none of the legal and political conditions for establishing a state,” he made it clear, adding that these withdrawals are the result of the Kingdom’s efforts through its autonomy initiative, which was commended as “ credible and serious” by the Security Council.
Today, no European country recognizes this entity and more than two thirds of African countries (35) had withdrawn their recognition.
Fassi Fihri also recalled that 12 member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum no longer recognize this entity, as is the case with all Oceania member states and almost all Asian countries.