"It is time to settle the Sahara issue through a solution that satisfies all parties, because this conflict is a real obstacle to the development of the Arab Maghreb region and contacts between its countries, " said Monday in Rabat , the chairman of the Mauritanian Party for Unity and Change (HATEM), Mr. Saleh Ould Henenna.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit reiterated, on Wednesday in Rabat, his country's support for Morocco's initiative to grant autonomy to its Southern provinces, the Sahara.

The announcement of the dismantling by Moroccan security services of a terrorist network linked to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) confirms analysts' fears that the violence that occurred in Laayoune lays bare AQIM's aims in the region.

Secretary General of the Italian Communist Party, Oliviero Diliberto, voiced, on Monday in Rabat, support for Morocco's initiative to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara.

The Kingdom of Morocco proposes an autonomy plan to resolve the question of the Sahara while Polisario still holds positions from the time of the Cold War and adopts maneuvers to perpetuate this regional dispute, writes Peruvian paper " La Razon. "