The recent ruling of the High Court of Justice of New Zealand dismissing a legal action by the polisario is a "major setback" for the separatists and their backers and "another victory for the southern Moroccan provinces," wrote French geopolitical scientist, Aymeric Chauprade.

The recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahara is a "pacifying" element that helps with the progress beyond the status quo which prevents the resolution of a destabilizing conflict for the euro-Mediterranean region, said Emmanuel Dupuy, president of the Institute for European perspective and Security (IPSE), a Think tank specializing in geopolitical and geostrategic issues, based in Paris.

The phenomenon of the enlistment of child soldiers by the Polisario under the supervision of the Algerian army, which was denounced by international organizations including the UN, was brought to the European Parliament through a question with a request for a written response sent by a group of MEPs to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.

Kenya has much to gain by moving economically closer to Morocco and has more to lose by aligning itself with Algeria-backed separatist theses, writes Kenyan magazine "The Nairobian" in its latest issue.

A rally in solidarity with population held captive in the Tindouf camps in Algeria was organized in Paris on Saturday, at the initiative of a group of associations of Moroccans from Europe.