We were astonished by the letter addressed on February 26, 2007 by Algerian President Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika to the Polisario Secretary General Mohamed Abdelaziz.

On this occasion, we would like to point out the flagrant contradictions found in the letter:

Algeria made a statement on February 28 relating to the Sahara issue. Its spokesman at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, declared a number of contradictions, amalgams, and untrue allegations.

 Referring to Morocco's plan to grant substantial autonomy to its Southern Provinces, the Sahara, and solve its 30-year old dispute with the Algeria-backed Polisario separatists over these territories, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, Serguei Lavrov praised, here on Wednesday, "Morocco's disposal to seek mutually acceptable ways to get out of the situation of conflict."

A delegation of senior Moroccan officials met, here Wednesday, with members of the British Cabinet, part of a tour to some Western capitals to drum up support for the Kingdom's plan to grant substantial autonomy to its Southern provinces -the Sahara- and therefore put an end to the three-decade old Sahara dispute over the former Spanish colony.