The Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, reaffirmed, during talks Wednesday in Tokyo with the Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch, Japan's position of non-recognition of the separatist entity.

In response to the statement made Monday at the UN General Assembly by Algeria's Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, in which he called on the UN and the SG's Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara to resume the UN process, the Moroccan delegation called on Algeria to resume the round-table process.

The autonomy plan proposed by Morocco remains the only solution to end this artificial dispute, according to several Chioukhs and notables of Sahrawi tribes participating in the 1st International Conference for Peace and Security in the Sahara, held in Las Palmas.

Guatemala decided Thursday to open a consulate in Dakhla, while reaffirming its support for the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty as the only solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

The President of the Union of Comoros, Azali Assoumani, reiterated, Thursday before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, "the unwavering support" of his country for the Moroccanness of the Sahara.