Manuel Lezertua Rodriguez, Ombudsman of the Basque Country, condemned, on Tuesday in Vitoria Gasteiz (north), the "extremely serious" crimes committed by polisario torturers against the Sahrawi populations held captive in the Tindouf camps in Algeria.

The Republic of Maldives reiterates its full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Morocco, including its southern provinces, said, on Friday in Rabat, Maldivian Foreign minister, Abdulla Shahid.

Sao Tome and Principe's Prime minister Jorge Lopes Bom Jesus reaffirmed, Friday in Rabat, his country's support for the Moroccanness of the Sahara, considering the autonomy plan as the only basis for resolving this regional dispute while respecting the territorial integrity and national unity of the Kingdom of Morocco.

The Comoros Islands announced, Wednesday in Rabat, the upcoming opening of a Consulate General in the southern city of Laayoune.

The speech delivered by His Majesty King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the Green March reaffirms the bases of the Kingdom on the Moroccan Sahara, as well as the attachment of Moroccans to their southern provinces.