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Hungary reiterates support for Morocco's autonomy project 3/24/2009
Hungary reiterated support for Morocco's project to grant substantial autonomy to its southern provinces, known as the Sahara. This came in a meeting between Hungarian Foreign Minister, Kinga Goncz, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mustapha El Mansouri who is leading a parliamentary delegation on a visit to Hungary, a press release of the House or Representatives said.
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Morocco's autonomy proposal 'deserves to be discussed seriously', French FM 3/23/2009
French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, said Morocco's proposal to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, "deserves to be discussed seriously," adding that the option of a referendum "has not worked so far."Kouchner said, in an interview published in the latest issue of the international weekly "Jeune Afrique," that France, like the Security Council deems "interesting" the Moroccan proposal.
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Statement of the Chairman of CORCAS concerning the first ordinary session of 2009 3/20/2009
The chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs announces that according to articles 8 and 9 of the Royal decree N 1.06.81 published on march 25th, 2006, aiming at the creation of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan affairs, that the first ordinary session of the council of 2009 will take place on April 2 and 3 in Rabat, this session will discuss the following topics:
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Moroccan speaker rails at 'partiality' of EP report on visit to Morocco 3/19/2009
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mustapha Mansouri, criticized, here Wednesday , the partiality of a draft report of the European Parliament on the visit to Morocco of a delegation of European MPs that was deliberately leaked to the press.Mansouri pointed to the discrepancies contained in the report, which, he said, neither takes into account Morocco's
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Former Polisario leader denounces Algerian interference in the Sahara issue 3/18/2009
Mr. Sidati El Ghallaoui, former Polisario representative in Italy has denounced Tuesday, the flagrant interference of Algeria in the Moroccan Sahara issue and its esclalation persistence when the UN is attempting to find a solution to this issue. In a statement to MAP, Mr. Sidati said in his speech Monday before the Council on Human Rights that the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs should have taken a position
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