The development momentum initiated in the southern provinces after their return to the motherland has gained further impetus in the last ten years thanks to the high care by His Majesty King Mohammed VI to local people and royal interest given to this part of national territory.

The delegation of ambassadors accredited to Rabat, which started Friday a three-day visit in the southern provinces of Morocco, was "very impressed" by the great potentiality and progress achieved in the region of Oued Eddahab-Lagouira.

Photo: Ambassadors visiting development projects in Dakhla

The Central Monitoring Committee for the study of the master plan for urban development (SDAU) of the -Oued Eddahab Bay held Wednesday at Dakhla, a meeting devoted to the presentation and consideration of proposals for urban development at the peninsula. 

President of the Foreign Affairs Commission in the Portuguese parliament on Tuesday described Morocco's initiative to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, as "very important".

A total of 202 km of roads in the region of Oued-Eddahab-Lagouira were surfaced since early 2008 as part of a maintenance and rehabilitation actions of some sections of the regional road network stretching over 3369 Km