US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman, Dianne Feinstein, described as "reasonable" Morocco's autonomy plan for the Sahara, under the Kingdom's sovereignty, US paper "The Hill" reported on Friday.

Moroccan foreign minister said Morocco, which is committed to building the Arab Maghreb Union and to Maghreb integration, is determined to reach a consensual settlement of the Sahara issue, within the framework of the autonomy Initiative put forward by the Kingdom.

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.

Morocco calls upon other parties to work towards a "realistic" solution to the Sahara issue, emphasizing the inapplicability of the referendum option, reported Wednesday Agence France Presse (AFP).  

  The Moroccan autonomy initiative for the Sahara “is not in contradiction with the principles in Morocco, such as Islam, the monarchy and the territorial integrity” underlined the Jordanian journalist /editorialist Sultan al – Hattab.