"The autonomy of southern provinces at the service of the Kingdom’s territorial unity " is the theme chosen this year for the traditional meeting organised by the Sahrawi tribe "Ouled Tidrarine" in the region of Essaouira.

The date of 14 August 1979 will remain forever engraved as a memorable step in the process of completion of the Kingdom’s territorial integrity. On this day, Moroccans have witnessed, with pride and great satisfaction, the return to motherland of the Oued Eddahab province.

 The Spanish Popular Party (PP) on Friday regretted the "radicalization" of the Polisario Front and warned that the Sahara conflict "could exhaust the international community."

The United Nations Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Peter van Walsum, has criticized the Spanish civil society for having encouraged "Polisario" to bank on independence and contributed to "prolonging the agony" of the people held in the Tindouf camps (southwest of Algeria).

The former french minister of Culture and Education, Mr. Jack Lang said that the Moroccan autonomy proposal is "wise and reasonable proposal to break the impasse".