Morocco's proposal to grant substantial autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara is "very realistic and objective," which can bring stability to the region, Bulgarian deputy minister of foreign affairs, Feim Tchaouchev said on Wednesday."The autonomy proposal of the southern provinces is a good basis," Mr. Tchaouchev told MAP following a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister, Taieb Fassi Fihri. The North African kingdom had proposed to grant substantial autonomy to its Southern Provinces,

The Special Committee in charge of the Moroccan Sahara in Europe (CSCSME) was received Monday at the Cuban Embassy in Paris, for talks on the plight of children forcibly deported to Cuba by Polisario separatists. During the meeting with Cuban diplomats, CSCSME chairman, Mr. El Hassan Benhamou, told his interlocutors, Mr. Leydo Rodriguez Hernandez, political adviser, and Ernesto Rey Pino, first secretary, about the suffering of sahrawi families and mothers detained in Tindouf in Algeria et deprived of their children.

The dissident Polisario movement "Khat Achahid" called for the formation of a new delegation, which able to negotiate the autonomy proposal presented by Morocco, calling on Algeria to "stop interfering" in the Affairs of the Saharans.  "We call for the formation of a new delegation whose members would be really competent and who would have enough conscience to negotiate the enlarged autonomy plan proposed by Morocco," says "Khat Achahid" in a press release, the outlines of which were published Tuesday by "Liberation" paper.

Jordan has reiterated its support its support to the Morocco’s territorial integrity autonomy initiative proposed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI for a final political settlement of the Sahara issue.  

Autonomy in the Sahara region is "the only practical solution " for the settlement of the Sahara issue" said the Lebanese journalist Khairallah Khairallah, adding that anyone trying to avoid it would be practising a sterile policy . Mr. Khairallah said in an article published Monday in the Egyptian newspaper Rose Al Youssef, that "autonomy is beneficial to Morocco, Algeria and all the region’s countries and guarantees the rights of all". The solution to the Sahara issue "is within reach. Autonomy will preserve the dignity of all and help ensure stability in the region and allow focus on real problems", he said.