Rabat, June 22 -- Following in the footsteps of an increasing horde of other Latin American countries, Colombia has renewed its commitment to friendship with Morocco and the kingdom' Morocco's "position" in Western Sahara .

Speaking on Friday in Rabat at a joint press conference with the Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Morocco's Nasser Bourita extolled the "historic significance" and diplomatic weight of Colombia's support for Morocco's Western Sahara stance.

Bourita, who spoke in the most genial terms of the "infallible friendship" and "reliable partnership" binding the two nations, suggested their bilateral relationship is experiencing a particularly upbeat moment underpinned by a "constructive political di...