The Moroccan foreign affairs minister Mr  taib  fassi Fihri  has reiterated Monday on the UN headquarters , “ morocco’ full commitment to follow and intensify the negotiations process in order to reach a mutual political and acceptable solution to the regional conflict concerning the Moroccan Sahara, on the basis of the Moroccan autonomy initiative”

One year after banning Mustapha Salam Ould mouloud by the Polisario to go back to Tindouf camps , an international group which supports him , launched an appeal to the international community to put an end to the suffering of this sahraoui activist who is  observing an open sit-in front of the  HCR bureau in  Nouakchott .  Theses group members have called, on Wednesday in Brussels the European and international communities as well as NGOs of human rights, to intervene urgently in order to guarantee his rights.

The sahraoui activist Mustapha Salma Ould Mouloud called, in a phone interview with “Al Oula” channel broadcasted in its Sunday evening news, the HCR to put an end to the “inhuman” treatment inflicted by the Polisario to the young Sahraouis who are organizing a sit- in front of the HCR delegation in the Rabbouni region, inside the Algerian territory

The Foreign Minister of Benin, Mr. Bakko-Arifari reiterated his country's position regarding the Sahara issue, saying that Benin had abandoned since 1997 its recognition of the SADR and supports the Moroccan position over its territories.

The non-settlement of the Sahara conflict is an "obstacle to comprehensive counter-terrorism cooperation" at the regional level, says the U.S. Department of State in its annual report on terrorism worldwide, released Thursday in Washington.