The U.S. position on the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the Sahara has been constant for several U.S. administrations, said Tuesday the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita.

His Majesty King Mohammed VI has always supported the two-State solution living side by side and the establishment of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with Al-Quds-Est as the capital, said Monday the Moroccan minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita.

Prominent Gabonese officials have welcomed Spain's recognition of the autonomy initiative proposed by Morocco as the most serious, realistic and credible solution to the artificial dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

Other European countries are likely to follow Spain's lead in supporting the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the Sahara, given the Kingdom's geopolitical importance, said former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Bernard Miyet.

Spain's new position on the Moroccan Sahara issue gives a powerful impetus to the Moroccan autonomy initiative, said the former Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Erik Jensen.