According to an Italian newspaper, the leader of the kidnappers is a former Polisario member

The kidnappers, European nationals "certainly knew the situation in the camp (where the kidnapping took place) and acted, certainly, without fearing the reaction of the Polisario guards or possible chase in the desert," said the Italian daily "l'Unione Sarda"in an article on the issue.

The abduction last Sunday of three European aid workers in Tindouf is a "strong signal" to the international community about the "urgency" to find a definitive solution to the Sahara issue, says U.S. NGO Teach the Children International, in a statement issued Wednesday night in Washington.

 The Acting Tunisian president Fouad Mebazaa, hoped a settlement for the Sahara issue to consolidate building the Maghreb.

The British Foreign Minister, William Hague, called on Monday, the parties to the Sahara conflict, to continue their involvement into the UN process to find a mutually acceptable political solution to this regional dispute.

The Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted on Monday without a vote, a draft resolution that reiterates the United Nations' support for the process of negotiations on the Sahara, calling upon "all the parties and the States of the region to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy and with each other."