United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "has always been in favor of an enhanced dialogue between Morocco and Algeria," said, Wednesday in New York, his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, in reaction to the announcement by HM King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom's readiness for direct and frank dialogue with Algeria, contained in the Sovereign's Speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Green March.

The southern provinces of the Kingdom offer a very attractive investment and business climate thanks to a strong political will that aims to make it an example of regional and sustainable development, said Saturday in Laayoune, the Secretary of State in charge of Foreign Trade, Rkia Derham.

The Moroccan earth observation satellite "Mohammed VI-A" makes it possible to track the slightest movements of the "polisario", said, Wednesday in New York, Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations, ambassador Omar Hilale, welcoming the fact that the Kingdom, under the leadership of the Sovereign, "has had the opportunity to enter a new era and border of advanced technologies".

The Moroccan proposal for autonomy in the Sahara is a "reasonable, realistic and generous" initiative that will solve this artificial regional conflict that has lasted for more than forty years, said Julio Spota, Dean of the Faculty of Defense, under the Argentine Ministry of the defense.

Within the framework of the 2nd Session of the Morocco-Indonesia Joint Committee, held on Thursday and Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia reiterated its strong support for the efforts by the UN Secretary-General and his Special Envoy to reach a durable political solution to the issue of the Moroccan Sahara.