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Sahara is Moroccan, Senegalese President 2/15/2008
Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, reiterated that the Sahara is a Moroccan province, voicing opposition to the creation of a microstate in the region.
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Mauritania President receives Personal Envoy of UN SG for the Sahara 2/15/2008
United Nations Secretary General's Personal Envoy for the Sahara Peter Van Walsum said, here Thursday, that he was "not satisfied with the state of negotiations" on the Sahara dispute opposing Morocco to the Algerian-backed separatist movement "Polisario". The UN envoy made the statement following a meeting with Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed ould Cheikh Abdallahi, part of a tour in the region prior to the fourth round of negotiations between the two parties in Manhasset, New York March 11-13.
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Sahara dispute: Polisario should accept any serious proposal of Morocco, expert 2/13/2008
Polisario should accept any serious proposal of Morocco to resolve the 32-year-old Sahara dispute, said the British expert Hugh Roberts, noting that this dispute is not a question of decolonization, but rather one of sovereignty. Polisario should accept any serious proposal submitted by Morocco to settle this conflict that has lasted for too long, Mr. Roberts said during a conference held on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Barcelona-based European Institute of the Mediterranean, over the Sahara issue and its implications on development in the Maghreb region (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania).
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Mr. I Cierco: the initiative of autonomy, a significant platform to resolve the Sahara dispute 2/13/2008
The First Deputy Speaker of Catalan Parliament, Mr. Higini Clotas i Cierco said that the initiative proposed by Morocco to grant broad autonomy to the provinces Sahara "is a significant platform for negotiations for the settlement of the conflict around the Sahara.
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Van Walsum should convince Algerian, Polisario leaders to give up 'blockade attitude', expert 2/12/2008
The personal Envoy of the United nations Secretary General for the Sahara, peter Van Walsum who is currently visiting the Maghreb region (Feb.6-14), should convince the Polisario leaders and their Algerian backers to give up n their "blockade attitude," Director of the Paris-based Observatory of geopolitical studies (OEG) affirmed on Monday. Mr.Peter Van Walsum should convince the other parties involved [in the Sahara issue] – Algerian and Polisario leaders- to abandon the "blockade attitude" and show wisdom to go forth in the process of negotiations," Charles Saint Prot said in an interview with MAP
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