French officials visit disputed Western Sahara territory

French Culture Minister Rachida Dati visited the disputed Western Sahara on Monday during a trip to Morocco to strengthen cultural ties with the North African nation.

Dati and a delegation of representatives of French cultural institutions made visits to the Moroccan-controlled cities of Laayoune and Dakhla in Western Sahara.

The trip also included a stopover in Tarfaya in southern Morocco, where Dati visited a nineteenth-century…