Indonesia expresses its "appreciation" about the Moroccan "tenacity" to resolve the Sahara issue "through dialogue and negotiation", said Sunday in Rabat, the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nur Hassan Wirajuda.

Participants at a roundtable in Geneva over the Sahara were unanimous in stressing the relevance of the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the southern provinces, which was, they said, "the best solution" to this ongoing conflict. 

The Moroccan autonomy proposal for the Sahara is "immensely generous" and is "the best possible decision", said on Thursday in Rabat, the Chairman of the Professional Chamber of mediation and Negotiation (CPMN - France), M . Jean-Louis Lascoux.

The U.S. daily "New York Times" published Wednesday an article recounting "the harsh living conditions'' in the Polisario camps in Tindouf, south-west Algeria. 

The Moroccan autonomy proposal in the southern provinces is "constructive" and "likely to bring a solution to the Sahara conflict," said Iranian ambassador to Morocco, Mr. Wahid Ahmadi, stressing that his country's position regarding the dispute "has not changed since Iran has froze all its relations with Polisario 17 years ago".