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The Honourable Leader of the Opposition Mr. Charles Gatan Xavier Luc
Duval, GCSK, F.C.A., MP, has given notice of the following Private Notice
Question which he proposes to put to the Honourable Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Regional Integration and International trade at the sitting to be held
today, Friday 30 June 2017 at 3.00 p.m.
DRAFT REPLY
Madam Speaker,
Madam Speaker,
With regard to part (a) of the PNQ, I wish to state that:
The Communiqu referred in part (a) does not reflect the official
stand of Mauritius.
Following reports from our Mission to the United Nations in New York
and our Missions in Riyadh, Cairo and Islamabad among others, and press
articles in the international media stating that Mauritius had broken ties with
Qatar along with Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Maldives, Saudi Arabia and Yemen,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official Communiqu on 06 June
2017, stating that pursuant to its stand of maintaining cordial relations with
all countries of the Gulf region, Mauritius favours dialogue between the
countries involved in the interest of peace and stability in the region and in
the world.
States are indeed actors of International Law and they act through
the respective Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Diplomatic Missions
regarding relations with foreign countries.
Madam Speaker,
As you may be aware, the United Nations Charter calls upon States to
develop friendly relations among nations based on the respect of equal
rights and self-determination of peoples and to take other appropriate
measures to strengthen peace. It also calls upon all States to work together
to achieve international cooperation in solving problems of an economic,
social, cultural or humanitarian character and in promoting and
encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all
without discrimination.
The United Nations is based on the sovereign equality of all its members.
All members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in
such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not
endangered.
With regard to part (b) of the PNQ, the answer is in the negative.
Mauritius has not joined any so called coalition against Iran.
Madam Speaker,
With regard to part (d) of the PNQ, I am informed that the records of
the Bank of Mauritius indicate that gross direct investment from Saudi
Arabia totaled Rs22 million in 2015 and Rs224 million in 2016. All the
investments were directed to the real estate sector.