The signing, on Friday in Brussels, by Morocco and the European Union (EU) of an exchange of letters amending the agricultural agreement, enshrines the sustained development momentum in the Kingdom’s southern provinces, Spanish academic, Rafael Esparza Machín, said.

Francisco Cervantes Díaz, President of the Mexican Business Coordination Council, reaffirmed the Council’s support for Morocco’s territorial integrity during a meeting in Mexico City.

The parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which leads Portugal's ruling right-wing coalition, reiterated on Friday its support for Morocco's autonomy initiative for the Sahara as the most serious, credible and constructive basis for resolving this regional dispute.

Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabriela Sommerfeld, expressed on Thursday in New York her country’s determination to strengthen its cooperation with Morocco in strategic areas, including trade and security.

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, affirmed last Wednesday in New York that the autonomy initiative proposed by Morocco "paves the way" toward resolving the regional dispute over the Sahara.