The decision of the State of Israel to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara is the result of "the forward-looking leadership" of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, backed by "an insightful vision forged in patience and historical legitimacy," said Monday Peter Pham, a high-profile member of the prestigious US American think tank The Atlantic Council.

The State of Israel's decision to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara is an "important diplomatic victory" with great political significance and economic repercussions for all of the Kingdom's southern provinces, said El Khattat Yanja, president of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab Regional Council.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told a press briefing in Washington yesterday, Tuesday July 18, that the U.S. decision on the Moroccan Sahara remains unchanged.

The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), a leading Serbian think tank, has looked into the security threat posed by Polisario and its connivance with the Algerian regime to destabilize the Sahel region.

The autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 to settle the artificial dispute over the Moroccan Sahara enjoys growing support at European and international levels, Portuguese expert and political scientist Raul Braga Pires said on Tuesday.