The European Parliament's foreign Affairs committee rejected, on Monday in Brussels, an amendment hostile to Morocco, which had been introduced by the green group, aimed at treating the Moroccan Sahara separately in the European Union's neighborhood policy.

The Council of Government, which convened on Thursday in Rabat, adopted a draft law to approve an agreement meant to apply to products from the southern provinces of the Kingdom the same tariff preferences as those covered by the Morocco-European Union Association Agreement.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Wednesday the appointment of Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan as Force Commander of the MINURSO.