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.  Such “a solution requires from the parties to be realistic and compromising, and work within an atmosphere favorable to dialogue in order to determinedly start deep negotiations”, as stated in a joint press release distributed, Saturday, in Lisbon, at the end of the 10th session of the high-level Moroccan-Portuguese Meeting .

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. "

Some Mauritanians victims of arbitrary detention, torture and serious violations of human rights have delivered damning testimony on the plight lived in camps in Tindouf, Algeria, and the horrifying suffering under the command of "Polisario". In a press conference Wednesday in Brussels, victims have recounted in detail torture in "Polisario" prisons and the inhuman conditions of detention.  The president of "The Mauritanian Association of Young Professionals of Nouadhibou," Ould Sidi Ould Cherif Tejdert, described the suffering experienced by Mauritanian prisoners in the Tindouf camps and families of missing persons, referring to the case of his brother disappeared since 1982.

Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, said that thanks to the political genius and vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Morocco has made several achievements in the Sahara issue, which have strengthened its position on the international level. Mr. El Fassi, who received Monday evening, representatives of the national press, said that the world is now aware of the rightness of Morocco's position, mentioning in this context, the statements by the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Peter Van Walsum, who said that the option of independence is "unrealistic".