The UN Security Council on Wednesday decided to extend by one year MINURSO's mandate, reaffirming anew the pre-eminence of the Moroccan autonomy initiative to settle the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.

Speaker of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Delfim Santiago Das Neves, reiterated Tuesday in Rabat the full support of his country for Morocco’s territorial integrity.

The United Kingdom calls for a "just, pragmatic, sustainable, mutually acceptable and compromise-based" solution to the Moroccan Sahara issue, said Saturday British ambassador to Morocco Thomas Reilly.

The  Morocco-France Business Forum opened on Thursday in Dakhla, with the participation of more than 400 Moroccan, French and African economic operators.

The Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly, adopted Wednesday without a vote, a resolution reiterating its support for the political process conducted under the auspices of the United Nations for the settlement of the Moroccan Sahara, and called the all parties to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General to find a political solution to this regional dispute.