Morocco's initiative to grant substantive autonomy to its southern provinces is the only realistic and fair solution to the this issue, Hajbouha Zoubeir, a member of the Royal Consultative Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) said here Wednesday.

Moulay Ahmed Mghizlate, member of Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) said Tuesday in Geneva that the Algerian-backed Polisario build on the deadlock of the Sahara issue to develop their human trafficking business.

The chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, Mr. Khalihenna Ould Errachid held on Monday in Rabat, talks with a delegation from the National Institute for Political and Strategic Studies in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, during which he briefed on the latest developments in the Sahara, especially the Moroccan plan to grant enlarged autonomy to the southern regions.

The President of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Mr. Ould Errachid Khalihenna, met Friday in Rabat, with Mr. Philippe Moureaux, Minister of Federal State, Vice-President of the Belgian Socialist Party and Mayor of the municipality of Molenbeek, who is paying a working visit to the Kingdom.

The Parliamentary Morocco-Italian Friendship Group, "Friends of Morocco", said Thursday it positively welcomed the Moroccan initiative to negotiate an autonomy statute for the Sahara.