Italy commended "Morocco's serious and credible efforts" to resolve the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, underlines the declaration signed Friday in Rabat between Morocco and Italy establishing a multidimensional strategic partnership between the two countries.

The autonomy plan proposed by Morocco is a "serious and credible" basis to resume dialogue with a view to settling the Moroccan Sahara issue, said on Wednesday France's permanent representative to the United Nations, Nicolas de Rivière.

The UN Security Council praised, Wednesday, the role of the Regional Commissions of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in Dakhla and Laayoune, as well as Morocco's interaction with Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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.