African Union, ‘inconceivable’ Without Morocco

The autonomy initiative put forward by Morocco as a lasting solution to the Sahara issue evidences “good will” said Senegal’s Foreign Minsiter Mankeur Ndiaye.

Algeria, Polisario separatists strive for three decades, to undermine the UN mediation process on the Sahara issue, noted the Egyptian weekly " Ros al Youssef."

The settlement of the Sahara issue should go through dialogue between Morocco and Algeria with a view to reaching a pragmatic solution, said Thursday former Vice President of the European Parliament, Isabelle Durant.

Morocco’s autonomy initiative represents the “only viable way” to reach a political settlement to the Sahara issue, Former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson said on Wednesday in Rabat.

The last resolution of the UN Security Council on the Sahara, extending MINURSO mandate, is "a setback for Algerian diplomacy," according to the Spanish electronic site "Nuevatribuna.es".