The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, received, Thursday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, his Special Envoy for the Sahara, Christopher Ross.

Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, said on Tuesday that Morocco has "put on the table" (of negotiations) an autonomy plan that the parties are called to negotiate to achieve a lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the Sahara issue that guarantees the rights of all parties.

The Albanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Edith Harxhi, welcomed Wednesday in Rabat, the "excellent work" done by the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS).

Prime Minister, Abbas El Fassi, who received on Monday visiting Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation, Charles Michel, highlighted the "excellence" of relations between the two countries.

A Moroccan citizen of Sahrawi origin, who benefited recently from a family exchange visit between Morocco's southern provinces and the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in south-western Algeria, decided to stay in his homeland, Morocco.