Faced with the news of the death of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority, the Portuguese Communist Party sends to the PLO, its components and the Palestinian people, heartfelt condolences and the feelings of the fraternal solidarity of the Portuguese communists.

Yasser Arafat dedicated his life to the struggle of his people for their inalienable national rights and was a particularly outstanding participant of the movement of the national emancipation of the Arab people and for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.

His death represents a great loss.

But the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people for the liberation of the territories illegally occupied by Israel and for the building of their own independent and sovereign State on Palestine land will continue, with the active solidarity of the progressive and anti-imperialist forces all around the world.

At this time of mourning, it is necessary to stress the just reasons of the national cause of the Palestinian people and demand the end of the fascist violence that has fallen on them. The PCP confirms to the PLO and the Palestinian people the ever-present solidarity of the Portuguese communists.