The director of the french Observatory of Geopolitical Studies (OEG), Mr. Charles Saint-Prot, said that the Algerian theories concerning the Sahara "are no longer topical" and that "Algiers obstinacy puts the region in danger."  Speaking on Monday in Paris, during a panel discussion under the theme: "Morocco facing the challenges of human development, modernity and globalization", organized by the Moroccan Section of the International Senior Movement, Mr. Saint-Prot, who discussed the concept of autonomy, regionalization and peace, noted that the historic claim of Morocco over the Sahara is legitimate in particular regarding the links it has always had with this region for centuries.

The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission in the French parliament, Axel Poniatowski, deemed on Monday "inappropriate" the initiative by a French communist MP to organize a conference on the Moroccan Sahara in the Palais de Bourbon on Thursday.

 Amnesty International/Morocco called, on Thursday, for putting on trial those who committed grave human rights abuses in Tindouf camps, south-western Algeria.

The Regional integration of the Maghreb is blocked in large part because of the dispute over the Sahara issue, said Eneko Landaburu, Director General for External Relations of the European Commission. "If we really want to attack the global political problems, terrorism or economic development, it is necessary that the Maghreb succeeds integration (...) and we know that it is blocked in large part because of the dispute over the Sahara issue, said Landaburu, in an interview published by the "Europe Diplomatic Magazine" journal in its latest issue. The European head said that the solution to global political problems, terrorism or economic development requires the Maghreb integration.

"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.