Algeria has not hidden on Thursday its bitterness, frustration and disappointment at the absence of any reference in the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to supposed human rights abuses in the Moroccan Sahara.

The Minister of the Interior held a meeting on Wednesday in Laayoune to present the state of progress of the commitments under the new model of development of the southern provinces, assessment of achievements and promotion of measures to accelerate the implementation of the objectives foreseen under this model in accordance with the High Royal Instructions.

The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs is taking part, alongside the official delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco, in the thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council, which will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva until March 24.

The chairman of the Royal Advisory Council on Saharan Affairs, Khalihenna Ould Errachid, met on February 27, 2017 at the Council's headquarters with Giuseppe Cuomo, the Mayor of the Italian city of Sorrento, who is visiting Morocco from 22 to 28th of February.

His Majesty King Mohammed VI left Lusaka on Thursday afternoon after an official visit to the Republic of Zambia.