Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mustapha Mansouri, held here on Monday talks with visiting Speaker of Gambian parliament, Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, on the means to foster bilateral cooperation.

Fifteen Sahrawi families benefited on Saturday from a new family visits exchange programme, conducted under the auspices of the High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR).

The Moroccan proposal to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, is a "good basis for negotiations" to settle the Sahara issue, Governor of the State of Virginia, Timothy Kaine said.

Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have favourably welcomed the UN Secretary General's latest report on the Sahara, Chairman of the Council and Mexican ambassador, Claude Heller, said on Wednesday.

Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, on Tuesday, called on Algeria to "completely normalize relations and reopen borders closed since 1994" to promote Maghreban integration.