"Canary-Saharan ", Forum an association of citizens of the Sahara and the Canary Islands, denied on Wednesday allegations of "incidents" and "violations" of human rights in the provinces of southern Morocco .  The Forum, based in Las Palmas, was made public on May 13, a press release in which it expressed its "firm condemnation of non-respect of human rights" and "repression" perpetrated against demonstrations in cities in South Provinces.  The "Canary-Saharan" Forum asserts, however, in a press release received Wednesday by MAP-Las Palmas, after a visit last week by a delegation of the Forum in Laayoune to inquire "in situ" about the situation and examine these "facts", the latter discovered that they were only allegations. 

Visiting Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, held, here Tuesday, talks with German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on the Sahara issue as well as on several points regarding the Middle East, the Maghreb, the Euro-Mediterranean partnership and the situation in Africa.  

Indonesia expresses its "appreciation" about the Moroccan "tenacity" to resolve the Sahara issue "through dialogue and negotiation", said Sunday in Rabat, the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nur Hassan Wirajuda. Mr. Wirajuda made the statement to the press, on the sidelines of the meeting of the 1-era session of the Moroccan-Indonesian Joint Committee of economic, scientific and technical cooperation co-chaired by foreign ministers of both countries.  Indonesia, added the minister, welcomed the determination of Morocco to continue the dialogue towards a peaceful solution to this issue, to ensure "peace and security" in the region. "Indonesia continues to support strongly the efforts of the United Nations

The Moroccan autonomy proposal for the Sahara is "immensely generous" and is "the best possible decision", said on Thursday in Rabat, the Chairman of the Professional Chamber of mediation and Negotiation (CPMN - France), M . Jean-Louis Lascoux. At a meeting with the press on the sidelines of the first seminar on mediation in Morocco which began on Tuesday under the theme: "Mediation: a factor of socio-economic stability," Mr. Lascoux stressed that autonomy "would be the best possible way-out, given the organization of today's world." According to the French mediator, the Moroccan proposal is likely "to allow people who are part of the same family find ways to live together, respecting cultural specificities". It suggests that "unity for parties is the best possible solution."

Participants at a roundtable in Geneva over the Sahara were unanimous in stressing the relevance of the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the southern provinces, which was, they said, "the best solution" to this ongoing conflict.