The development model of the southern provinces is a "message of hope" for young people in search of salvation and deliverance from the state of despair that prevails in Tindouf camps, said Thursday in Rabat, Said Minister- Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament and Civil Society, Government Spokesman, Mr. Mustapha El Khalfi.

Relations between Algiers and Rabat "are at standstill at all levels". This is the observation of Moroccan diplomat, Nasser Bourita, expressed in an interview with weekly Jeune Afrique to be published on Monday.

Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister, Kono Taro, reiterated that his country does not recognize the so-called SADR and expressed his deep regrets about the incidents that marked a TICAD meeting in Maputo.

HM King Mohammed VI delivered on Sunday a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and People.

The European Union (EU) hailed on Friday the appointment of Horst Köhler as the UNSG Personal Envoy for the Sahara.