Gambia has reaffirmed its "firm support" for Morocco’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as for the Autonomy plan, which serves as a serious compromise and viable solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara.

The 33rd Summit of the League of Arab States, held in Manama on Thursday, wrapped up with the adoption of the Bahrain Declaration.

Responding to Algerian UN ambassador Amar Bendjama's misleading assertions on the Moroccan Sahara issue, at the C24 seminar currently taking place in Caracas, Venezuela, Morocco's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, questioned him about his presence in Caracas, when he has a mandate from the Arab group to defend its causes in New York.

The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, represented by Council member Moulay Ahmed Mghizlat, is part of an important Moroccan delegation, headed by the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, in the Regional seminar of the 24th Committee for the Caribbean Region, which is being held in Caracas, Venezuela, from May 14 to 16.

The 15th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit Conference, held in Banjul, underlined its total rejection of all separatist plans aimed at damaging and undermining the sovereignty of the Organization's member countries and the security and integrity of their territories.