Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, met on Thursday in Washington, DC, with the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, and at the headquarters of Congress with the Chairpersons of Foreign Affairs Committees at the US Senate and House of Representatives, Bob Corker and Ed Royce

A budget amounting at about 465 million MAD was devoted to a hydro-agricultural development plan over 1,000 ha in the province of Boujdour, according to Regional Office for Agriculture (DRA).

The development model of the southern provinces is a "message of hope" for young people in search of salvation and deliverance from the state of despair that prevails in Tindouf camps, said Thursday in Rabat, Said Minister- Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament and Civil Society, Government Spokesman, Mr. Mustapha El Khalfi.

Relations between Algiers and Rabat "are at standstill at all levels". This is the observation of Moroccan diplomat, Nasser Bourita, expressed in an interview with weekly Jeune Afrique to be published on Monday.

Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister, Kono Taro, reiterated that his country does not recognize the so-called SADR and expressed his deep regrets about the incidents that marked a TICAD meeting in Maputo.