The new direct airline connecting the cities of Dakhla and Paris was inaugurated Thursday by a first flight served by a plane of the low-cost company of the group Air France-KLM "Transavia".

In response to the insidious reference to the Moroccan Sahara by the Algerian delegation during the debates on information-related issues, the representative of Morocco, Mr. Yasser Halfaoui laid bare the Algerian attitude, denouncing the relentlessness of this country on Moroccan Sahara issue, mentioning it even though it is not on the agenda of debates.

Resistance member Rguibi Khalili Mohamed El Bashir, member of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (Corcas) who is also the father of the former Secretary General of Polisario Front, died Saturday at the Inezgane Military Hospital aged 92 following complications of a disease.

The procedure followed in the case of Gdeim Izik has provided all the guarantees of a fair trial, in particular article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, French observers of the Paris-based Association for the Promotion of Fundamental Freedoms (APLF) said Thursday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita held working sessions in Rabat October 16-17 with the personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, a ministry statement said.