Foreign Minister Saad Dine El Otmani held, on Tuesday in Rabat, a meeting with leaders of political parties on the latest developments of the Moroccan Sahara issue.

The United Nations Independent Expert and Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Ms. Farida Shaheed, praised the Corcas experience in the promotion of cultural rights, in her report, Friday, June 22, 2012, before the 20th session of the Human rights Council in Geneva.

 The chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, criticized "lack of progress" in the process of UN negotiations to settle the Sahara issue and expressed "concerns" over this case.

Dr. El Othmani: Morocco cannot accept to be treated on the same footing as a puppet state, not internationally recognized

"The return of Morocco to the AU depends on the confluence of a number of conditions," said Saâd Dine El Othmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the sidelines of the event «Africa Day in Morocco in 2012”, organized by the Council of African ambassadors in Rabat, Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

Informal negotiations dominated by details, while Morocco had proposed to hold only one or two meetings before the formal negotiations

Morocco's decision to withdraw confidence in Christopher Ross, personal envoy of UN Secretary General for the Sahara, does not mean any transgression of the spirit of the Security Council resolutions or a waiver form whatsoever, said Thursday in Rabat, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Saad El Dine Otmani.