The members of the Laayoune Sakia-El Hamra Council unanimously announced on Wednesday their support for the new fisheries agreement initialed by Morocco and the European Union (EU). This support was expressed during an extraordinary session chaired by the president of the region, Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid, in the presence of the wali of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, governor of the province of Laayoune, Yahdih Bouchab.

HM King Mohammed VI delivered, on Monday, a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People.

The Moroccan people commemorate tomorrow, Tuesday, August 14, the 39th anniversary of the recovery of the province of Wadi Eddahab, a glorious epic in the history of the Kingdom for the completion of its independence and territorial integrity and an opportunity to confirm the unwavering commitment of the Moroccan people to the Alawite throne as an expression of their constant mobilization in the service of the national cause.

At the end of the Security Council's closed consultations on Wednesday afternoon on the Moroccan Sahara issue, Britain’s deputy U.N. ambassador, Jonathan Allen, whose country chairs the Council for this month, made a brief statement to press correspondents on the discussions between the Personal Envoy of the Secretary General, Horst Köhler, and members of the Security Council.

The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara, Horst Köhler, briefed on Wednesday the UN Security Council.