Argentinian deputy Minister for external relations Alberto Pedro D'Alloto reiterated, on Wednesday, his country's stance in support of a solution of consensus for the Sahara issue, within the framework of Morocco's territorial integrity.

The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence chairman Dianne Feinstein called the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the intervention of the State Department in order to clarify the fate that awaited Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud, whose family has still no news about him.

The personal envoy of UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Christopher Ross, began last Sunday in Algiers, a new round of consultations with parties concerned in the case of the Sahara, with the aim to resume negotiations.

Morocco called, on Monday, on Algeria to fully take its legal and conventional responsibilities and be positively involved in the talks on the Moroccan Sahara.

The 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted, on Monday, a draft resolution supporting the process of negotiations over the Sahara and "calling upon all the parties and the States of the region to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy and with each other."