The Republic of Gabon opened Friday a consulate general in Laayoune.

The Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, Khalihenna Ould Errachid, met on Monday, January 13, 2020, with Carmen Bautista Pelaez, member of MORENA Party (Movimiento Regeneración Nacional), in power and president of the Parliamentary Friendship Group between the Mexico and Morocco.

The autonomy initiative presented by Morocco in 2007 to reach a final settlement to the Moroccan Sahara issue is the only basis for a realistic, viable and serious solution to this conflict, said a Joint Statement issued after the working visit to Morocco by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of El Salvador Alexandra Hill Tinoco.

Jamaica reiterated on Wednesday its decision to withdraw its recognition of the so-called "SADR", while expressing its support for the UN's efforts to find a durable solution to the Sahara conflict.