France’s Ambassador to the UN Jérôme Bonnafont reaffirmed on Friday before the Security Council his country’s steadfast position in support of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara.

Major General Jawwad Ahmed, the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom, was received on Thursday at the Headquarters of the Southern Zone in Agadir by Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, FAR Inspector General and Commander of the Southern Zone.

Morocco succeeded, Tuesday afternoon, in having cancelled an exhibition – titled "50 Years 50 Faces, Sahrawi Exile: A Life of Resilience", which was hostile to the Kingdom’s territorial integrity.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has renewed its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan before the UN Fourth Committee in New York, describing it as the “only solution” to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

At the United Nations headquarters, Burundi reaffirmed its support for the autonomy initiative under Moroccan sovereignty, emphasizing the need to resolve the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara “in a spirit of dialogue, realism, compromise, and cooperation.”