Chairman of the European People's Party: Moroccan proposal "good and brave"

The chairman of the Royal Consultative Council for Saharan Affairs, Mr. Khalihenna Ould Errachid received Tuesday at the Council headquarters in Rabat, a delegation of MEPs, led by Mr Joseph Daul, Chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) at the European Parliament who is paying his first visit to Morocco.

The vast majority of the sequestered population in the camps of Tindouf, south-western Algeria, support Morocco's autonomy initiative for the Sahara and are in general disappointed by the failed promises of the polisario, said the Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Khali Henna Ould Errachid.

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau decided on Tuesday to withdraw its recognition of the so-called 'SADR'. The announcement was made in Rabat by Guinea-Bissau's State minister and Presidential advisor, El Haj  Dahaba, following a meeting with Morocco's Foreign minister, Taib Fassi Fihri.

US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman, Dianne Feinstein, described as "reasonable" Morocco's autonomy plan for the Sahara, under the Kingdom's sovereignty, US paper "The Hill" reported on Friday.

Moroccan foreign minister said Morocco, which is committed to building the Arab Maghreb Union and to Maghreb integration, is determined to reach a consensual settlement of the Sahara issue, within the framework of the autonomy Initiative put forward by the Kingdom.