The Polisario could never create an independent State in the Sahara and has no other choice but to adhere to the autonomy project for the southern provinces of Morocco, has stated the Lebanese writer and political scientist, Khair allah Khair Allah. 

Portugal has reaffirmed « the importance of serious and credible efforts aiming at promoting a political solution” of the Sahara issue, welcoming in this regard the Moroccan initiative relating to autonomy. 

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mr. Taieb Fassi Fihri has presented, Friday evening, to the Committee in charge of Foreign Affairs, National Defense and Islamic Affairs, at the Chamber of Representatives, upon the request of parliamentary groups, a presentation about many issues, at the top of them the recent developments relating to the Moroccan Sahara issue and the Union project for the Mediterranean.

The Algerian journalist writer, Mr. Anwar Malek has estimated that the  creation of "a new entity in the Maghreb region would expose it to the emergence of countless other entities", adding that the Sahara issue "is a first step towards the erosion of the Maghreb region known for unity and cohesion between its peoples, who were behind liberation from the yoke of the occupants. "

Works of the regional training session on the new information system for monitoring the implementation of the National Initiative for Human Development (NIHD), continued on Wednesday in Laayoune, with the participation of experts of technical support and assistance program of the European Union to the NIHD.