Morocco presented several concrete ideas to accelerate the pace of the UN-backed negotiations on the Sahara and has reaffirmed its willingness to find a political solution to the regional dispute on the basis of the autonomy plan, Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri underlined on Sunday at the end of the fifth round of UN-backed informal talks, held on January 21-23 in Manhasset (New York).

The fifth round of informal talks on the Sahara, at the invitation of the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy Christopher Ross, will start on Saturday in Manhasset (New York suburbs), UN Spokesman Martin Nesirky said on Friday.

The Moroccan delegation to the 4th round of UN-sponsored informal talks on the Sahara (December 16-18) arrived, Thursday afternoon, in Greentree, Manhasset (outskirts of New York).

Algeria has "sacrificed" its ties with Morocco and the building of the Maghreb for the sake "of pursuing a hegemonic strategy and creating instability" in the region, said Vice-President of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Khadad El Moussaoui, on Wednesday in the UN headquarters in New York.

A delegation of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) is taking part in the 15th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), held in Geneva from September 13 to October 1.