The French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean Yves Le Drian lauded, on Thursday, the quality of security cooperation between France and Morocco. He also reiterated his country's position in support of the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara.

The settlement of the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara remains dependent on a dialogue between the two real parties which are Morocco and Algeria, said, on Monday in Dakhla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad Nasser Bourita called, Monday, on the UN Security Council to determine who is responsible for the violation of the ceasefire and the blocking of the political process to find a solution to the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.

The opening of a consulate general of the Republic of Senegal in Dakhla is the actualization of the will of the two Heads of State, HM King Mohammed VI and HE Macky Sall, said, on Monday in Dakhla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad Nasser Bourita.

The recent ruling of the High Court of Justice of New Zealand dismissing a legal action by the polisario is a "major setback" for the separatists and their backers and "another victory for the southern Moroccan provinces," wrote French geopolitical scientist, Aymeric Chauprade.