French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit to Morocco marked the outset of a new chapter in bilateral relations, stressed Morocco's minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita in an interview to French magazine Le Point on Saturday.

Morocco's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, stressed in New York that the new Security Council resolution on the Sahara issue positions the Moroccan autonomy initiative as the “one and only basis” for negotiating a political solution to this regional dispute within the framework of the Kingdom's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The United Nations Security Council decided, on Thursday, to extend the mandate of MINURSO for one year.

France's position on the Sahara issue is influencing other European countries to “start to change their minds,” French President Emmanuel Macron said.

The President of the French Republic, H.E. Emmanuel Macron, firmly reiterated his country's support for Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara on Tuesday at a joint session of the two Houses of the Moroccan Parliament.