Panafrican News Agency November 16, 2000 Tripoli Comorian President Col. Ansoumani Azali late Wednesday held his first round of discussions in Tripoli with the Libyan leader, Col. Moammar Kadhafi. Azali paid tribute to Kadhafi for his efforts to restore peace in various trouble spots in Africa, including the Comoros, where Anjouan island has seceded from the two others in the Indian Ocean archipelago. He said his island nation could learn lessons from the Libyan experience of running a government by the people, adding that the Comorian islands had also "decided to do away with centralisation." All the islands of the archipelago are already managing their own affairs, and are moving towards the realisation and consolidation of the power of the Comorian people, he said. Azali also reiterated his country's support for the African Union, saying it was a step towards the construction of unity and progress of the African continent. Speaking shortly after his arrival, the Comorian president, accompanied by his wife, had commended the existing close ties between his country and Libya. "We have come to seek advice from the wise and perceptive leader of the Libyan revolution, on the one hand, and, on the other, to discuss about the African Union, initiated from Libyan soil, to realise the unity of the continent and serve its peoples," he said. The Comorian military regime, which seized power in a coup d'etat, has been ostracised by the OAU, which has imposed sanctions on Moroni. The junta leaders are still not allowed to participate in the continental body's meeting, including the July 2000 OAU summit in Lome, Togo. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Copyright � 2000 Panafrican News Agency. Distributed by allAfrica.com. For information about the content or for permission to redistribute, publish or use for broadcast, contact the publisher. _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
