The United Kingdom welcomes "the strong and credible effort that Morocco is making to move the process forward" in order to settle the Sahara issue, British minister of state for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, told reporters Thursday in London.

The "important decision" taken Sunday by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara enshrines the primacy of the UN process in the management of the Moroccan Sahara issue and recalls that there is no parallel process, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, said Monday in Nouakchott.

The African Union (AU) summit in Nouakchott marks Morocco's substantial progress on the National Question, and report submitted on Sunday to the AU Heads of State and Government affirms the primacy of the rule of law, UN process in the management of the Moroccan Sahara issue.

Secretary General of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, Dr. Maouelainin Ben Khalihanna Maoulainin, participated Thursday at the symposium organized by the Chamber of Advisers on the theme "Integrated Development of the Southern Provinces" at the Palace of Congresses in Dakhla , in partnership with the three regions of the southern provinces under the aegis of HM King Mohammed VI.

UNSG personal envoy for the Moroccan Sahara Horst Kohler is paying a visit to Morocco as part of his 2nd regional tour that took him to Algeria and Mauritania.

Horst Kohler on Visit to Morocco as Part of 2nd Regional Tour