In a statement to the National Radio aired Monday at the evening journal, during the first training session in Rabat of staff mediators, M. El Faouri said that "preserving the territorial unity of Morocco is one of our main constants," calling on Polisario to show political realism and good will to solve the Sahara conflict.

Referring to the report submitted by the personal envoy of UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Mr. Peter Van Walsum, in which the UN head stressed that the independence of the Sahara is not a realistic option, Mr. El Faouri pointed out that the report is fair and courageous.

Regarding the Moroccan initiative to grant enlarged autonomy to the Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty, the general secretary of the Global Mediation Forum has welcomed this proposal, stressing that it constitutes an adequate platform for substantive negotiations aimed at putting an end to the Sahara conflict.

Source: MAP
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