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DAKAR, 22 June -- Secr�tary--GP.neral Javier PHrez de Cuel l ar l�ft Damak.o, Mali, at 10 a.m. local time, today, on his way to Sene�al and Al&eria, following two ho�rs of talks with Pre�ident Moussa Traori, Pres ident of Mali and current r,hairmfl,n of th£! Pr&�nizat,ion <1f Afri ean Unity (OMI). The Secretary-Gent>ral, who .lr-riv�d in fiamak.o in the late aftf'rrwon of \-Jednesday, 21 June, w:1s mf:'t at th� airport by Dia&o Cisoko, the Secreta.ry-G(�neral f.,f the Presidency and N'Golono Traor�, Mifii�ter for Farei�n Aff6irs and InlPrnational Co-operation, as w�ll as Ambas�Aclf)r Noumou OiJ. kitE'� PPrmanent R(.'prc�sentative of Mali to thE> Unitad Nations. Ourint the SecrPtary-GenPral's talks with the Presid�nt o( Kali, two main subjN�ts WE>re <I i r,cu:;snd: Western �ahart�., an issue on whi eh the Hn i tt>d Nations nnd the OAII arE> <'O-{Il'<l i nntinl� thejr of(ort.S in the �<•(lnh for a solution, and the present diffh�ulth!S bE>tween Sert�ual <�.rtd H;writania·. FollCiwi n& thos� di scnssi ons th(• Pn•sid(•nt :tnd Mrs. Traort€> hosted a tet.P.-a-t€-te dinner foe thr• 5f:'cret.,ary-General �u td Krs. PPrez de Cuellar. a Conr..�r.n i n& re:lat.ions betwEH!n Senefl,tll and Kauri t ni a, t.hP �ecre�ry,- G (• nerl:ll stresHed be wos visiting Dakar nt the invitation of Pr es ident Oiouf and intended to conc(!nlrato on thE> human i t ari an RR[tec.t of the present conflict. "President TraorP is rnak.in& remarkablE> effot·ts to obtain a solution of the�e incidents. I h�lJev� he is on t.he ri&ht path and I would not like to ft(l{•f>.ar to be intel"feeing." Th�! SE>.crf'Lary-<ienE>ral said the United Notions would seek ways to incrPase its httmnnitarion contribution for those . who suffel"ed from t.hes £• i nddents. rf'ass�rt Inc that it was not up to him to interfere in thE> politiertl asp�rt. He �xpressPd confidE>nce that President Traorf' cMtld lt�lp the pa("tie�s jn fjndirtg a �olut j()rJ. In their tnlks thP S(•erf'tfrc·y Gc•nPral and the President dso had a hrief t>xchange of vi£>ws Mt prospects for th<• Klnshnsa ;>ummit which begins today. {mor�) ...... •••••�I���··· ---· u•• .. 0 ., , �•·• o•-�& ....0:_ !' ��I U�-��· ·' ' ••••O I I I UOU t t• •• . .......&.0 U•�··�· 1 ... ••••••U O O O o .... I I o t I t••••o, , •• .. ,., ,, , O IO ......,OLIO I I . ·� ��--� ..OlO O U.OUI f t •••�-�-·· t·•••••••• ........ I U"f'••' �•U ....�.I<U <' t .... ,.�,' • I' lit ?.995P Forinformation media-not an officialrecord - ? - Press Release SG/T/1545 22 June 1989 The Secretary-General told the press thi� morning before l�aving Bamako that during his meeting with President Traore he had informed him of the . situation regarding Western SahaL"a and "with his advice I am n.ow &oing to meet the President of the POLISARIO in Algeria. I feel reinforced in my efforts and I shall see what I can do to accelerate the process which will led to a solution of this problem. I mu st say I was very encouraged by the President; we exchanged views on the approach which we must both follow. Both of us hope that between now and the end of July real progress can be achieved if we find the indispensable political will to movE• forward". The Secretary-General wa� seen ofr·at the airport by the Foreign Minister of Mali, N'Golono Traore, and the Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations, Ambassador Diakite. In Dakar, where the S�cretary-GeneL"al arrived today, the talks with President Abdou Diouf are e�pected to centre on relations between Senegal and Mauritania followin& the ('ecent incidents. The Secretary-General was met at the airport by the Senegalese Forei&n Minister, Ibrahima Fall, the Minister of Defence, Hed<1une Fall, the Chief of Staff of the Senegalese drmed forces, Gene('al Mansour Seck, and a number of other ministe('s, and representatives of the United Nations family. The! Secretary-General drOV(! to the Presidential Palace fo[' t�te-l-tAte talks and lunch with President Diouf. The Secretary-General is scheduled to leave Oatar around 2 p.m. local time, continuing his trip on to Alge('ia. The Secretary-General will stop over in Tindouf in south-western Algeria where he will have talks with President Mohamed Abdelaziz and other leaders of the POLISARIO front. Following this stopover, expected to last a few hours, the Secretary-General will f!y on to Algie('s for talks with P('esident Chedli Bendjedid and Foreign Minister Boualem Bessaih. The Secretary-General will remain in Algeria for two days before returning to New.York over the weekend . Before leaving Mauritania on 21 June, the Secretary-General told the press that he had discussed for over two hours, with President Ould Sid' Ahmed Taya of Mauritania, que�tions of mutual interest to Africa and the United Nations, and in particular, Western Sahara for which "the Mauritanian Government gives me very strong support as a country observing the peace process. The Sect"etary-General went on, "I informed the President of Kaudtania of the latest developments and now I am going to Kali to discuss the situation with President Traor6 and then to Algeria where I will meet the President and the Foreign Minister of that country and the leaders of the POLIS.I\RIO group". The Secretary-General said he had also discussed with the President the "most unfortunate develor,ments which took place in your region" and went on to say "we are c.onvincE!<l, the President and myself', that it is through se('enity that we con reach a solution of this dispute which we do not expect to be of a long duration". The Secret.nr-y:.Gem.!ral continued : "I am alsci going briefly to Dakar, I will meet President Abdou Diouf of Senogal and I will also counsel · moderation and dialogue." Asked what the United Nations could do, the Secretary-General answered: "The 0.1\U has started an initiotilte, we are concentrating on the humanitarian aspects but of course it is not for us to interfere with the efforts of President Traor6 and we shall evaluate the situation. he, as far as the political aspects are concerned and I, with regard to humanitarian assistance." 2995P FOR IrlFORM'ATION OF UNITED NATIONS SF.CRETARIAT ONJ.Y �� '23 June 19 'I il, o..-�� f •�' ' W .. ...J 1) OPI DAILY PRF.SS BRIEFING �Ot�lM{f· At today's noon briefing, Nadia Younes rE>ad out the following account of the Sec�etary-General's activities, as received from the Spokesman accompanying him: Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar and his party arrived in Algiers in the early hours of today to inform the Algerian leader, President Chedli Bendjedid, of his efforts to bring about a peaceful solution to the WE'stern Sahara is�:ue.