Sheikhs, elected people, members of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) and representatives of civil society in Smara expressed their complete adherence to guidelines contained in the speech by His Majesty King Mohammed VI to the nation marking the 34th anniversary of the glorious Green March.

A political settlement of the Sahara would be possible if Algeria had showed political will, "said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr Taib Fassi Fihri.

Sahrawi populations are enduring "inhumane living conditions" in Tindouf Camps, South-Western Algeria, said on Tuesday, Edward Benson, ex Officer-in-Charge of confidence-building measures at the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Morocco's initiative to grant broad autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, is a "credible solution" to settle the Sahara issue, Garman Ambassador to Morocco Ulf-Dieter Klemm said.

The Sahara is Moroccan and the autonomy initiative proposed by Morocco for the southern provinces serves democracy, said, on Tuesday in Rabat, the president of the Federation of Andalusian Cultural Entities in Catalonia (FECAC).