The Spanish Congress of Deputies (lower house of Parliament) on Tuesday unanimously adopted a motion calling for a "just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution" to the Sahara issue.

The multiplication of the opening of consulates by several African countries in the cities of the Moroccan Sahara confirms the territorial integrity of the Kingdom, wrote the Paraguayan news agency Nova Paraguay.

The Republic of Cote d'Ivoire opened, on Tuesday, a consulate general in Laayoune.

Japan's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Nakatani Shinichi reiterated, Monday in Rabat, the "unwavering" position of his country regarding the artificial dispute over the Moroccan Sahara issue.

Eighteen Italian communes in Canavese expressed their support for the autonomy initiative in the Moroccan Sahara.