The American support for the Moroccan autonomy plan shows “continuity” in US policy regarding the Sahara issue, said Richard Weitz, Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis of the Hudson Institute.

Citizens of the city of Laâyoune flocked massively on Sunday to the mobile center under the Regional Blood Transfusion Center to donate their blood, in solidarity with the victims of the earthquake, which struck the province of Al Haouz and surrounding areas.

Peru has decided to suspend, as of this Friday, its diplomatic relations with the so-called "SADR"."In accordance with international law rules, the government of Peru has decided to suspend, as of today, its diplomatic relations" with the so-called "SADR", the Peruvian ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.

US Deputy Assistant Secretary for North Africa, Joshua Harris, reiterated, on Thursday, his country’s support for the autonomy plan as a "serious, credible and realistic" solution to the dispute over the Sahara.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita said, on Wednesday in Cairo, that the current situation in the Arab world, characterized by its fragility and complexity, with the proliferation of hotbeds of tension and crises in a competitive international context, cannot be transcended in the absence of a common vision backed by strong political will and an effective commitment to the principles of good neighborliness, national sovereignty and the territorial integrity of States.