The Acting Consul General of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Laayoune, Issa Al-Balushi, stressed Monday the determination of his country to engage in the development process in the southern provinces of the Kingdom.

Turkmenistan, through its deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashid Meredov, reiterated on Thursday its support for the Moroccan autonomy proposal for the Sahara.

HM King Mohammed VI has sent a message of condolences and compassion to the family of the late Sidi Ahmed Rahali, member of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS).

The Algerian regime is solely responsible for the persistent suffering of the population of the Tindouf camps, preventing its voluntary return to the motherland, and stubbornly refusing its census for more than 40 years, under false pretexts that are unacceptable in terms of international humanitarian law, said Monday Morocco's Permanent Representative in Geneva, ambassador Omar Zniber.

The statement by the U.S. State Department spokesperson affirming that the US position on the recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara remains "unchanged" has "dashed" the hopes of circles hostile to the Kingdom which should inevitably adapt their approach to the American vision on the issue, says political scientist Mustapha Tossa.