The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, began, on Tuesday, consultations with members of the Security Council, in order to appoint Staffan de Mistura, Italian-Swedish diplomat, as his Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara, MAP learned from diplomatic sources.

The Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Ambassador Omar Hilale, sent letters to the UN Secretary-General and the President and members of the Security Council, informing them of the general elections held on September 8 in the Kingdom, including in the Moroccan Sahara.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Mr. Nasser Bourita, gave an exclusive interview to "The Star", one of South Africa's leading newspapers.

Congolese newspaper "Forum des As" highlighted the voter turnout of the populations of Morocco's southern provinces in the general elections of September 8, stating that "the high turnout is a further proof of their attachment to the Kingdom and its territorial integrity."

The American analyst and connoisseur of the Maghreb, Calvin Dark, said that the massive participation of the people of the southern provinces in Wednesday's elections attest that they have "a voice to be heard in the democratic process and use it to help shape the future of Morocco.