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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/western sahara

Commission welcomes release of 404 prisoners of war

Brussels, 19/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 19 August, the European Commission welcomed the release on 18 August of 404 Moroccan prisoners of war held by the le Front Polisario (the Western Sahara separatist movement) and issued a statement welcoming the combined efforts of the Algerian and Moroccan authorities to facilitate their release. Some of the soldiers had been in prison for more than twenty years, explained the Commission in its statement, reiterating its support for United Nations...