The newly appointed personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Christopher Ross, will find Morocco as available as it has always been, Communication Minister, Spokesman for the Government, Khalid Naciri affirmed on Thursday.

German Ambassador to Morocco, Ulf-Dieter Klemm described as "a useful proposal" the Moroccan autonomy initiative for the Sahara.

Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Khalihenna Ould Errachid on Tuesday held talks with visiting Finnish MP and Special Envoy of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Kimmo Kiljunen.

Polisario uses the same methods of torture the Khmer Rouge used against their opponents, according to a former detainee in the prisons of the Tindouf Camps, southwest Algeria.

The Sahara issue has witnessed this year an important turning point at the level of the United Nations which has reinforced the settlement momentum created by Morocco's autonomy initiative as a serious and promising solution to bring this regional dispute to a close.