The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) reaffirmed, Monday before the 4th Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, its "strong support" to the UN efforts aimed at reaching "a fair, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution" to the Sahara issue.

The UNSG report to the Security Council denounces the Polisario's hampering of MINURSO actions, notably the activities of the Special Representative and the free movement of the Mission's military observers.

In his report on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara, issued today, UNSG Antonio Gutrerres informed members of the Security Council that the "Kingdom of Morocco responded positively, on Oct. 2, to the invitation of my Personal Envoy to an initial round table in Geneva", on Dec. 5-6, 2018.

Abdelmajid Belaghzal, a member of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs said in a statement to the Anatole news agency, that Morocco is in favor of negotiations on the Sahara issue according to the conditions it has already stated.

The chairman of the Royal Consultative Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Khalihenna Ould Errachid, met in Rabat on Monday with a delegation of Chilean journalists visiting the Kingdom.