This came in a joint press release, following the working visit of Moroccan Foreign Minister, Mohammed Benaissa to Kenya.
The document said Kenya welcomed favorably the Moroccan initiative for the negotiation of an autonomy statute in the Sahara that aims to find a solution to the dispute over the control of the Sahara, which broke out in 1976 between Morocco and the Polisario.
The release hailed the direct talks between the parties concerned that took place last week in Manhasset (New York outskirts) under the auspices of the United Nations.
Kenyan Foreign Minister, Raphael Tuju, voiced hope that a solution would be found to this issue, the document went on to say, recalling that Morocco has decided to restore diplomatic relations with Kenya at the level of ambassadors.
The two countries also agreed to establish a Joint Ministerial Commission to promote bilateral cooperation and exchange between the Kenyan Institute of Foreign affairs and the Moroccan Royal Academy of diplomacy.
Following a meeting with the Moroccan official, Mr. Tuju told MAP, earlier in the day, that ''Kenya decided to freeze its recognition of the SADR as a sign of commitment and friendship towards Morocco.”
The so-called SADR was only proclaimed in 1976, when Polisario separatists laid claims The Sahara, a former Spanish colony retrieved by the North African kingdom in 1975 under the Madrid Accord.
Kenya had suspended, in October 2006, its one-year old diplomatic relations with the so-called SADR.