Morocco has taken note of the report of the UN Secretary General to the Security Council on the Sahara, the kingdom's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, said.

In a climate of strong mobilization under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, Moroccan people celebrate Friday with pride the 58th anniversary of the return of the city of Tarfaya to the Motherland (April 15, 1958), a heroic moment written in golden letters in the finishing process of the Kingdom’s territorial integrity and consolidation of national unity.

His Majesty the King and President of Russia Vladimir Putin had, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, a long telephone conversation, said a statement from the Royal Cabinet.

The Sahara region has an ambitious program for sustainable development in the context of a comprehensive approach, said MEP Louis Michel.

Several former US ambassadors to Rabat insisted in a letter to the Secretary of State, John Kerry, on the need for an "unequivocal support" by US with "our oldest ally" Morocco, following excesses of by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in violation of UN neutrality.