Mexico wants to help find a "negotiated, just and sustainable" solution to the Sahara issue, said on Wednesday in Rabat, the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Patricia Espinosa.

Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) Khalihenna Ould Errachid strongly condemned the behaviour of Aminatou Haidar, who is "supported by a lobby group opposed to the kingdom's territorial integrity."

Morocco has presented its initiative to grant substantive autonomy to its Southern provinces as a "form of extreme regionalization" within a double approach aimed to reach a settlement under the aegis of the United Nations and promote a widened regionalization throughout the Kingdom, said Interior Minister, Chakib Benmoussa.

The Moroccan delegation in the Council of the Socialist International (IS), held Monday and Tuesday in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, called on this organization to "continue to support the dialog between the parties involved in the Sahara issue."

The Moroccan people commemorate on Wednesday the 54th anniversary of Independence, celebrated November 18, which is a major event in the history of the Kingdom, because it embodies the triumph of the will of the Throne and people against colonialism and the announcement of the end of the period of trusteeship and protectorate.