France expressed, on Friday, its concern about "the current obstruction situation" caused by the Polisario and its militias in the buffer zone of Guerguerat, warning that such a situation is likely to create tensions that would undermine the political process aimed at reaching a final solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

Resolution N° 2548, adopted on Friday by the UN Security Council, once again confirmed Algeria as a main party to the process aimed at achieving " a political, realistic, pragmatic and lasting solution" to the Sahara issue, "which is based on compromise."

The Republic of Chad does not have any relationship with the so-called "SADR" since the Chadian government decided, in March 2006, to withdraw its recognition of this entity, said Monday in Rabat, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Chadians Abroad, Amine Abba Siddick.

The Kingdom of Eswatini on Tuesday opened a consulate general in Laayoune, the 7th diplomatic representation to be inaugurated in this city of the Moroccan Sahara in less than a year.

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau opened on Friday a consulate general in Dakhla. The inauguration ceremony of this consulate was co-chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, and his Bissau-Guinean counterpart Suzi Carla Barbosa.