Mr. Khalihenna Ould Rachid, chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, received on Friday at the Council’s headquarters, an official delegation from Sicily that includes a strong representation of the world of economy and finance, as part of a working visit to Morocco to support the investment opportunities and develop economic relations between the regions of Sicily, which has a system of autonomy established for 60 years and the Sahara.

Minister of State, Mohamed El Yazghi, welcomed "the positive" results of the second African - Latin American summit, held on September 23-27 in Venezuela's Caribbean resort island of Margarita.

Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, met Monday in New York with the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.

The President of the Autonomous Government of Andalusia, José Antonio Grignan described Monday "interesting" the Moroccan project of autonomy for the southern provinces.

A delegation from the Austro-Moroccan Institute (OMI) completed a tour in the Sahara region last Saturday and Sunday. This tour which aims to assess the overall situation in the southern provinces, began in Laayoune then Dakhla where the delegation met with several association officials of human rights.