The opening of a United States of America consulate in Dakhla will support the development process in the southern provinces in general, and in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region in particular, president of the Regional Council El Khattat Yanja said on Wednesday. 

The United Nations Security Council held, on Monday, at the request of Germany, closed doors consultations on the latest developments of the Moroccan Sahara issue.

Here is the full text of the joint declaration between the Kingdom of Morocco, the United States of America and the State of Israel:

The US decision to recognize the full sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara is a final step that should bring everyone to integrate the reality, said Henri Frelinx, Vice-President of Belgian association "Friends of Morocco".

The artificial dispute over the Sahara is a question of Moroccan territorial integrity and not of decolonization, said representatives of several United Nations member states, on the occasion of a virtual side-event to mark the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the historic resolution 1514 of the General Assembly, also known as the "Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples".