Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed expressed, on Sunday in Male, his country's support to Morocco's initiative to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara.

Members of the UN Security Council (SC) have unanimously reiterated their support for the efforts of the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Christopher Ross, the president of the council for this month told the press on Thursday in New York.

UN Security General Ban Ki-Moon recommended to the Security Council the extension of the mandate of the UN mission in the Sahara (MINURSO) for a further period of one year until April 30, 2011.

Mr. Khalihenna Ould Errachid, chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), received Thursday at the Council headquarters in Rabat, a delegation from Convergence for Mali's Development Party (CODEM), chaired by 1st Vice-President, Mamadou Diakite. 

Chairman of the European People's Party: Moroccan proposal "good and brave"

The chairman of the Royal Consultative Council for Saharan Affairs, Mr. Khalihenna Ould Errachid received Tuesday at the Council headquarters in Rabat, a delegation of MEPs, led by Mr Joseph Daul, Chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) at the European Parliament who is paying his first visit to Morocco.