Malian Foreign Minister Tiéman Hubert Coulibaly said, Thursday in Rabat, that "the autonomy project has been deemed serious and credible by several UN resolutions", adding that "it is appropriate to continue in this way to resolve this dispute amicably, with no clashes or violence".

The relocation of any "polisario" facility, be it civil, military, administrative, or of any kind or nature whatsoever, from the Tindouf camps in Algeria, to the East of the security structure in the Moroccan Sahara, "constitutes a casus belli", warned permanent representative of Morocco to the United Nations, ambassador Omar Hilale in a letter sent, Sunday, to president of the Security Council, Gustavo Meza-Cuadra.

Serious violations of children's rights in the Tindouf camps were denounced during a meeting organized as part of the 13th the World Social Forum (WSF), held in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.

Jordan reaffirmed Wednesday its position in support of the Moroccan identity of the Sahara and the autonomy initiative.

The FY 2018 appropriations bill passed on Thursday by US Congress requires that funds appropriated under title III of this Act for Morocco shall be made available for assistance in the Moroccan Sahara.