The new Morocco-EU fisheries partnership protocol should take account of the Kingdom's higher interests, which are not negotiable, notably its territorial integrity, said, Thursday in Rabat, minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita.

The Council of the European Union (EU) adopted, Monday, the negotiating mandate confirming the continuation of the partnership between Morocco and the EU in the fisheries sector, said a European source.

The chairman of the Morocco-Kuwait Parliamentary Friendship Group at the National Assembly, Askar Aouid Al-Anzi, reiterated on Thursday in Rabat, his country's support for the Kingdom's territorial integrity.

The responsibility of Algeria in the conflict around the Moroccan Sahara is confirmed by historical realities and data and positions that have over 40 years of this "artificial conflict", said Thursday in Rabat, Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament and Civil Society, government spokesman Mustapha El Khalfi.

Leaders of political parties, MPs, elected officials, Sheikhs, dignitaries and Sahrawi leader activists, who gathered on Monday in Laayoune as part of a national mobilisation meeting, condemned the manoeuvers led by the enemies of Morocco’s territorial integrity, particularly the recent acts of hostility by Polisario.