The FY 2018 appropriations bill passed on Thursday by US Congress requires that funds appropriated under title III of this Act for Morocco shall be made available for assistance in the Moroccan Sahara.

The briefing of members of the Security Council by the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Horst Kohler, has provided important clarifications on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara, which have refuted many allegations of enemies of the territorial integrity of the Kingdom, said minister delegate for relations with parliament and civil society, government spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi.

The European Commission adopted on Wednesday a proposal for a Council decision to authorise it to negotiate with Morocco an amendment to the current Fisheries Partnership Agreement and a renewed protocol that include the Sahara.

A Nigerian parliamentary delegation hailed on Saturday in Laayoune the upturn in the southern provinces and achievements in different areas in this part of the Kingdom.

Serbia and Morocco share the same position of principle regarding the respect for territorial integrity of each country, said, Wednesday in Rabat, Serbian foreign minister Ivica Dacic.