The Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bocchit Edmond, welcomed on Tuesday in Marrakech, the Moroccan initiative of autonomy for the Sahara, and reaffirmed the respect of his country to the territorial integrity of Morocco and its sovereignty on its Saharan provinces.

The two Chambers of the Colombian Parliament have adopted a resolution expressing full support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara.

The adoption, on Monday in Strasbourg, of the trade agreement and its protocol of application which allows the widening of the commercial preferences to fishery products and agriculture in the Sahara region is a new step in the rapprochement between Morocco and the European Union, said Abderrahim Atmoun, chairman of the Moroccan-EU joint parliamentary committee.

The European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA) adopted, on Monday evening, by an overwhelming majority, the agriculture agreement between Morocco and the European Union

The European Union (EU) expressed, on Friday, its readiness to "contribute to measures that can create a positive climate" in the UN process on the Sahara issue, after the "momentum" given to this issue at the first round table meeting, held on Wednesday and Thursday in Geneva