Morocco renews attachment to U.N. plan for Sahara

Morocco has renewed attachment to the United Nations settlement plan for the Sahara.

"Morocco will continue to fully adhere to the plan, as long as the United Nations secretary-general backs this plan through a fair, democratic and transparent implementation," Moroccan Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Mohammed Benaissa told a local daily.

The U.N. plan for the Sahara provides for holding a self-determination referendum to determine whether the Sahara, a former Spanish colony, sets up on its own or remains part of Morocco.

Benaissa said he had met with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan "to present him proofs and evidences" showing that the identification of would-be voters in the referendum is unfolding outside the rules.