The Moroccan delegation to the 4th round of UN-sponsored informal talks on the Sahara (December 16-18) arrived, Thursday afternoon, in Greentree, Manhasset (outskirts of New York).

The European Union attaches great importance to the UN-brokered talks on the Sahara, said, on Monday in Brussels, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Steven Vanackere.

Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri said on Friday that Morocco and the polisario will hold a fourth informal meeting on December 16-17-18 in the suburbs of New York, and another one is scheduled for early 2011.

Moroccan Communications Minister, Government Spokesman, Khalid Naciri, said on Thursday that the Kingdom will continue the negotiating process in keeping with its moral, political and international commitments.

Delegations representing all the southern provinces of the kingdom participated heavily in the national march which started at 11.30 am Sunday in Casablanca, protesting against the insidious campaign orchestrated by some Spanish political actors and media against the supreme interests of Morocco. Another message confirming their attachment to their Moroccanity and condemnation of all that affect Morocco’s sacred constants.