Foreign minister, Taib Fassi Fihri on Tuesday welcomed Washington's reaffirmed support to the Moroccan autonomy initiative for the final settlement of the Sahara issue.

Ambassador of Germany to Morocco, Ulf-Dieter Klemm, described as a "sound approach" the Moroccan initiative to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara.

Former French Foreign Minister, Hubert Védrine, highlighted the "important" statement made, last April before the Security Council, by the former UN envoy for the Sahara Peter Van Walsum, which deemed that "the independence of the Western Sahara is not a realistic option."

Several Members of the French parliament voiced their support for Morocco's proposal to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, part of the continuous support expressed to the Moroccan plan in France and on the international scene.

The republic of Malawai announced, on Tuesday, that it has decided to withdraw its recognition of the so-called "Sahraoui Arab Democratic Republic" (SADR) and to sever all relations with it.