Khalihenna Ould Errachid, Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), received Tuesday afternoon at the headquarters of the council in Rabat, a delegation of young leaders from Europe and North America, visiting Morocco as part of a cultural exchange program under the auspices of the civilizations Alliance within the United Nations.

Secretary executive of the Forum of Presiding Officers of Legislative Assemblies of Central America and the Caribbean Basin (FOPREL) Santiago Rivas Leclair described the autonomy proposal in the Sahara, under the Moroccan sovereignty, as a revolutionary and very advanced solution for the final settlement of this issue.

Kidnapping young girls in the Tindouf camps, the latest being Darya Embark Salma, are only the visible part of the iceberg in this lawless area where moral values have reached a very critical degradation, said spokesman of the Association of Moroccan Sahrawi tribes in Europe (ATSME), Lahcen Mahraoui.

The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Jordan reiterated Tuesday in Doha, their support for the autonomy initiative presented by Morocco to resolve the conflict of the Sahara.

The Qatari athlete Nicolas Kemboi and Moroccan Laila Fulla, won the 16th edition of Laayoune International Half Marathon, held under the patronage of HM King Mohammed VI.