Greece qualifies the Moroccan autonomy initiative as a "serious and credible approach" to reach a solution to the Sahara issue, said, on Wednesday in Rabat, Greek minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias.

Concerning the leg between Morocco and Mauritania, the United Nations has expressed satisfaction that the "Africa Eco Race" has crossed "peacefully" the Guergarat buffer zone on Monday.

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda reaffirmed, Friday in Rabat, its "unwavering" position of the Moroccanity of the Sahara and the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over its southern provinces.

A Moroccan-Chinese investment forum was held, on Thursday in Laayoune, with the ambition to present the economic and investment potential in the provinces south of the Kingdom, in particular the region of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, to the Chinese businessmen.

The brief presence of two Minurso military observers at the so-called Polisario Congress in Tifariti "does not imply any political position" on their part or on Minurso's, which remains "strictly impartial in the fulfillment of its mandate," said on Monday Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary General.