The U.S. decision to recognize the Moroccanness of the Sahara is a decision that should be highly commended, said Nancy Huff, president of the U.S. NGO "Teach the Children International", who denounced the maneuvers and lobbying of polisario and its Algerian mentors to challenge this wise decision that would "bring peace" to a region plagued by instability.

For more than four decades, the Tindouf camps have been an open-air prison where thousands of Sahrawis are held captive, Indonesian news portal "Kompasiana" wrote on Thursday.

The Canadian government is called upon to work to put an end to the situation of 8,000 Sahrawi children exploited as soldiers in the Tindouf camps in Algeria, in accordance with its commitment to the Vancouver Principles, underlines Polisens think tank in Ottawa.

The Republic of Burundi welcomed the decision of Morocco to open an embassy of the Kingdom in Burundi with residence in Bujumbura.

Gambia's Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara reiterated Thursday in Rabat his country's "unambiguous" support for Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara.