French Ambassador to Rabat Bruno Joubert said, on Monday, that Morocco's initiative to grant substantial autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, is an "important step forward" to settle this issue.

The famous singer and Mauritanian MP MAALOUM Ben Al Midah expressed Saturday her support to the project of autonomy in the southern provinces proposed by Morocco to definitively resolve the conflict artificial Sahara. 

It is in Algeria's interest to play a positive role in the settlement of the Sahara issue through "accepting Morocco's territorial integrity," Secretary General of the Muslim Federation of Spain (FEME) Yusuf Fernandez said.

Moroccan associations established in Sweden held last weekend, a conference on the Sahara under the theme "Historical Foundations of the Moroccan Sahara.

UN Secretary-General Personal Envoy Christopher Ross briefed, on Thursday, the members of the Security Council on the latest developments of the Sahara issue.