The Moroccan initiative for negotiating an autonomy statute for the Sahara region constitutes “an important step” and “an historical opportunity” to settle the Sahara issue, which lasted more than three decades, asserted the leader of the Chilean parliament Mr Patricio Walker Prieto In a statement to The MAP at the end of his meeting with the chairman of the royal advisory council for Saharan affairs ( CORCAS) Mr Khalihenna Ould Errachid , the Chilean official underlined the necessity to make use f this initiative

The Moroccan initiative for negotiating an autonomy statute for the Sahara region constitutes “an important step” and “an historical opportunity” to settle the Sahara issue, which lasted more than three decades, asserted the leader of the Chilean parliament Mr Patricio Walker Prieto

The Sahara issue was always discussed from the international point of view, whereas there are other important dimensions such as the social links which exist between the inhabitants of the Sahara and the rest of the Moroccan society that did not attract the attention that they deserve estimated Mr Cherkaoui an imminent academic and researcher in the field of sociology. In a article published on Wednesday in the American daily newspaper “Washington Times” Mr Mohammed cherkaoui who is also head of research in the national centre of

 King Mohammed VI on Tuesday made it clear that Morocco will accept nothing but autonomy for its Southern Provinces (the Sahara) under the Kingdom's sovereignty. "Whatever the nature of the consensual solution to which a serious, comprehensive, strategic negotiating process might lead, Morocco, its King and people, will not accept anything but autonomy, within the framework of a single, unified State," The monarch said in a nationwide speech marking the 32nd anniversary of the Green March. Morocco celebrates every November 6 the anniversary

The Moroccan ambassador, and permanent representative to the United Nations Mr El Mustapha Sahel  underlined that  the Kingdom of Morocco welcomed with satisfaction the new resolution (1783) adopted earlier by the United Nations security council on the Sahara issue . The Moroccan diplomat made it clear that “this new resolution consecrates the negotiation process, which aims at reaching a negotiated political settlement to this artificial dispute that has lasted too long”. He added “The security council in this resolution requests