The presidents of the regions of the southern provinces welcome the US decision to recognize the full and complete sovereignty of Morocco over the whole of its Sahara, said Wednesday the president of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region, Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid.

HM King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, addressed a message to His brother, His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen, President of the State of Palestine, in which the Sovereign expressed His satisfaction with the content of the important telephone conversation He had with His Excellency on Thursday, December 10, which was marked by a fruitful dialogue and reciprocal interaction on the constant position of the Kingdom of Morocco on the Palestinian issue, and its permanent and continuous commitment to the defense of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

The Royal Office published on Tuesday a statement on the subject of the audience by King Mohammed VI with an American-Israeli delegation. Here follows the text of this statement.

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".