Morocco maintains its request of a credible and objective census of Moroccan nationals detained in the Tindouf camps, and formulates its request to the high refugee commission to elaborate a report dealing with this issue, identifying obstacles, responsibilities, and indicating perspectives of implementing such census, asserts the ambassador representative of the kingdom of Morocco at the UN office in Geneva Mr Mohamed Loulichki

The Spanish foreign affairs and cooperation minister Mr Miguel Angel Moratinos, indicated last Friday at New York that his country is convinced that the ongoing negotiations concerning the Sahara, will reach an agreement.

The Moroccan community ling in the USA should play an important role in defending Morocco's territorial integrity and raising the awareness of the American officials, congressmen and the public opinion about the relevance of the autonomy project to settle the Sahara issue, said the chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, Khalihenna Ould Errachid.

 The State of Kenya reaffirmed, on Tuesday, its decision to freeze recognition of the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), proclaimed by the Algeria-backed Polisario separatists in the Moroccan Southern Provinces, the Sahara.

The president of Mauritania sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh abdellahi asserted on Wednesday that his country “is satisfied with the steps overcame recently» concerning the Sahara issue, which were translated by “the return to the direct negotiation table”.