The Tindouf camps have become "a breeding ground for delinquency" totally abandoned by Algeria "in scandalous conditions", said president of the France-Morocco, Peace and Sustainable Development Foundation, Hubert Seillan.

Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad, Salem Ould Merzoug reiterated, Monday in New York, his country's "constant" position in support of the United Nations' efforts to reach a lasting solution accepted by all the parties to the regional dispute over Moroccan Sahara.

Bahrain's Foreign Minister, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, reaffirmed, before the UN General Assembly, the firm position of his country in support of Morocco's territorial integrity.

The position expressed and reiterated several times by the Spanish government on the Sahara issue is "courageous and correct", said, Friday in Las Palmas, the former president of the Spanish government, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

Somalia announced Friday in New York its decision to open an embassy in Rabat and a consulate general in Dakhla.