Japan's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakatani Shinichi reiterated, Monday in Rabat, the "unwavering" position of his country regarding the artificial dispute over the Moroccan Sahara issue.

Eighteen Italian communes in Canavese expressed their support for the autonomy initiative in the Moroccan Sahara.

Speaker of the Latin American Parliament, Jorge Pizarro Estéban Soto, said, on Wednesday in Rabat, that he backs the efforts of the UN Secretary General, in order to reach a solution to the Sahara issue.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, reiterated, Sunday in Addis Ababa, the exclusivity of the United Nations as a framework for finding a solution to the Moroccan Sahara issue.

The House of Advisors (upper house) unanimously adopted, Tuesday at a plenary session, two draft bills aimed at establishing legal competence of the Kingdom over its entire maritime domain.