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".

Speaker of Sao Tome and Principe's National Assembly, Delfim Santiago Das Neves reiterated his country's position in favor of Morocco's territorial integrity.

The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica welcomed the decision of the United States to recognize the sovereignty of the Kingdom over the entire Moroccan Sahara region and to open a U.S. Consulate in Dakhla.

The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) stressed on Wednesday that the Polisario must understand "what is possible and what is impossible" to reach a solution to the Sahara issue.

The main support of the separatists in the European Parliament, which they called the "Western Sahara Intergroup" has just suffered a serious setback on Tuesday with the resignation of its president, Joachim Schuster, protesting against the violation of the ceasefire by the Polisario.