Mr. Khalihenna Ould Errachid, chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, received Friday in Rabat, Mr. Christopher Ross, Special Envoy of Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations for the Sahara, who had been received Thursday by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in the city of Tetouan.

United Nations Secretary-General's Personal Envoy Christopher Ross starts on Wednesday a visit to Rabat on the first leg of a tour in the region, the UN announced.

Morocco's permanent representative to the UN office at Geneva said on Monday that the situation in the Tindouf camps (southwest of Algeria) is a source of concern not only for Morocco, but also for the entire region.