The operation of family exchange visits led by the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) between the camps of Tindouf, southern Algeria and southern provinces of the Kingdom, continued Friday with the organization of 5th trip for the year 2009, to and from the province of Laayoune.

Morocco said on Thursday it will receive the new personal envoy of the United Nations Secretary General to the Sahara, Christopher Ross, with the required interest and openness, but within the framework of the national constants.

The Albanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Edith Harxhi, welcomed Wednesday in Rabat, the "excellent work" done by the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS).

Prime Minister, Abbas El Fassi, who received on Monday visiting Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation, Charles Michel, highlighted the "excellence" of relations between the two countries.

A Moroccan citizen of Sahrawi origin, who benefited recently from a family exchange visit between Morocco's southern provinces and the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in south-western Algeria, decided to stay in his homeland, Morocco.