Dear friends,

We received with the deepest regret the news that the leader of Fatah, President of the Palestinian Authority and the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Mr Yasser Arafat, has passed away.

We will neither forget his struggle for a free and independent Palestinian state, nor his devotion to this cause and to his people.

We share your grief and want to express our warmest sympathy with the Palestinian people and the family of President Arafat.

 
Sincerely yours,

Marita Ulvskog

General Secretary

SWEDISH SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY