The statement was made by Mexican Foreign Minister, Patricia Espinosa following  a meeting with visiting Moroccan Foreign Minister, Mohamed Benaissa and chairman of the Advisory Council of Sahara Issues (CORCAS), Khalihenna Ould Errachid. Espinosa added that her country will examine the project with "much attention."

    The Moroccan senior officials are touring Latin American countries to explain the broad lines of the Moroccan plan, which the north African kingdom hopes would put an end to the disputed that broke out in the mid-Seventies by Polisario's claims to separate the Sahara from the rest of Morocco.

    The Mexican official underlined that "Mexico welcomes any initiative that aims to settle the conflict, through cooperation and political consultations." She stressed that "the parties concerned should, themselves, decide on the way to follow and the components to take into consideration in order to find, as we hope, a solution that is accepted by all the parties involved."

    The Moroccan delegation also handed  Espinosa a message from king Mohammed VI to the Mexican President Felipe Calderon. The delegation had earlier met with top officials in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Peru and Columbia part of a diplomatic action Morocco has launched in world capitals to explain the proposal before submitting it to the UN Security Council in April.