The first regular session of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) for the year 2008, has opened Friday in Rabat. It will take place over two days.

The resolution of the U.N Security Council on the Sahara issue constitutes a new and important step that confirms the turning set in motion last year in the evolution of talks on the Sahara, Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taieb Fassi Fihri said on Thursday.

The President of Oman’s State Council, Mr. Yahya Bin Mahfoodh Al-Manthri, reaffirmed Tuesday in Rabat, the support of his country to Morocco’s territorial integrity.

The chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Mr. Khalihenna Ould Errachid, met Monday in Rabat with the President of The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Mr. Goran Lennmarker.

Spokesperson for the United Nations, Michele Montas said the UNSG Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Peter van Walsum has the capacity as UN facilitator, to present suggestions to get the 32-year-old Sahara issue out of the current impasse.