The Republic of Azerbaijan on Friday expressed its support to Morocco's efforts to restore the free circulation of goods and people in the crossing border post of El Guerguarat.

Morocco reaffirmed its attachment to the ceasefire, while reserving the right to react with "the greatest severity" against any threat to its security, said Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad Nasser Bourita.

The Government of the Republic of Togo expressed, on Friday, its support for "Morocco's right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity" through the restoration of the free movement of persons and goods in the El Guerguarat crossing linking the Kingdom to Mauritania.

Cape Verde expressed its support to the Kingdom of Morocco in its "legitimate" decision to intervene peacefully to restore the movement of goods and people in the area of El Guerguarat, in the Moroccan Sahara.