A majority of members of the US House of Representatives sent a letter to President Barack Obama, expressing concern over the rising threat from al-Qaeda and other terrorists in North Africa, and calling for strong US backing for Morocco's autonomy proposal to solve the Sahara dispute.

President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, said, here Thursday, that Morocco's proposal to grant autonomy to its southern provinces (The Sahara), is the "best solution" to settle the Sahara issue.

The political stand of the polisario regarding the Sahara issue should evolve following the example of Morocco, which has proposed "substantial autonomy" as a solution to this issue, Spokesman of the conservative Popular Party (PP) in the Spanish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Commission underlined Tuesday.

 UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, reiterated his call upon the parties to negotiate in good faith, without any preconditions, and to show political will to enter into substantive discussions on the Sahara and ensure the success of the negotiations on the basis of the four rounds of talks and the latest consultations held in the region by his Personal Envoy, Christopher Ross.

The Mauritanian Democratic Socialist Party (PDS) has denounced with "firmness and force" attempts by Polisario and Algeria to lead the region into an impasse and confrontation.In a statement released Monday, the PDS has reiterated its support for the royal decision on the autonomy plan for the southern provinces, as the only solution to the Sahara conflict.