[5] On 4 June 2009, Ali Mahamud Embarek presented his credentials as the new Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Panama.

[6] On 17 March 2010, Vice President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela and the Sahrawi Delegate Minister in Charge of Latin America Hash Ahmed signed a cultural and educational cooperation convention, giving Sahrawi students and professionals the opportunity of travelling to Panama to make advanced, specialized and grade studies.

[7] On 4 April 2013, Foreign Minister Fernando Nunez Fabrega accepted the visit of the SADR Ambassador in Panama, Ali Mahamud Embarek.

[9][10][11] On 18 December 2014, new Vice President of Panama Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado received Sahrawi Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Salem Ould Salek.

The Sahrawi minister expressed the SADR's interest in restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries and reopening the Saharawi embassy in Panama.