The US decision to recognize Morocco's full sovereignty over its Sahara should provide a strong impetus to efforts to find a solution to the Sahara issue under the Moroccan autonomy plan, said Erik Jensen, Former head of MINURSO mission.

The artificial dispute over the Sahara is a question of Moroccan territorial integrity and not of decolonization, said representatives of several United Nations member states, on the occasion of a virtual side-event to mark the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the historic resolution 1514 of the General Assembly, also known as the "Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples".

Antigua and Barbuda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade reiterated Thursday the country's support for Morocco's autonomy proposal as a solution to the Moroccan Sahara issue.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Saturday opened a Consulate General in Dakhla, the 9th diplomatic representation inaugurated in this city in less than a year.

The decision of the United States to recognize the full and entire sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara is "courageous" and the European Union and France must follow "in its footsteps", in view to definitively end this deadlocked conflict, affirmed Pierre Henri Dumont, Deputy Secretary General of the Republicans party, the main right-wing political formation in France.