Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, welcomed the autonomy plan presented by the Kingdom to reach a solution to the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, calling it a "significant" initiative and a "step forward".

The autonomy plan, presented by Morocco to end the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara, is "realistic, credible and achievable", and is a real lever for development, stressed the former Spanish Minister of Housing, Maria Antonia Trujillo Rincon.

The recent decision of the Spanish government regarding the autonomy initiative in the Moroccan Sahara is a return to the legality and logic of the tripartite agreement of Madrid, said Tuesday in Settat, the Spanish historian and political expert, Pedro Ignacio Altamirano.

The autonomy initiative presented by Morocco for the Sahara offers exclusive legislative powers to the Region, said Professor of Political Science at the University of Barcelona, Joan-Josep Vallbé, noting that the Moroccan plan proposes to establish a list of areas of exclusive competence of both the central government and the region.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, held talks, Tuesday in Rabat, with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Moroccan Sahara, Staffan de Mistura.