he autonomy plan, presented by Morocco to resolve the dispute over the Sahara, remains "the only truly realistic solution," said Jorge Dezcallar, former Spanish ambassador to Morocco and former director of the Spanish National Intelligence Center.

Morocco and Spain; two neighboring countries that are aware of the crucial importance of preserving a solid and lasting relationship, and that share a huge potential for development, are determined to give their cooperation a more supportive and complementary dimension, especially in times of difficulty.

The opening of a consulate representing the six countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) in Dakhla confirms the growing support for the Sahara’s Moroccanness, and reflects the strong relations between Morocco and this regional grouping.

 

The remarks were made at a joint news conference in Dakhla by the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, following the inauguration Thursday in Dakhla of a consulate general of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

 

The polisario-forced and Algeria-backed recruitment of children in the camps of Tindouf fuels instability in North Africa and the Sahel, said, on Thursday in Dakhla, the minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita.

Speaking at a conference organized by the International Research Center on the Prevention of Child Soldiers, Bourita stressed the correlation between the lack of proper management of the Tindouf camps and the recruitment of child soldiers.

The Spanish government's support to the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, as "the most serious, realistic and credible basis" for the settlement of this artificial conflict, is a "correct" and "courageous" decision, said the former minister of the Spanish Presidency, Ramón Jáuregui.

Other European countries are likely to follow Spain's lead in supporting the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the Sahara, given the Kingdom's geopolitical importance, said former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Bernard Miyet.

he Moroccan autonomy initiative to resolve the Sahara dispute is a "realistic proposal", said Jorge Dezcallar, former Spanish ambassador to Morocco and the United States, dismissing forever the idea of a self-determination referendum.

The former president of the Spanish government, the socialist José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has reaffirmed his support for the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco to resolve the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, assuring that his country's new position towards this issue is "politically intelligent".

Madrid's new position recognizing that the autonomy plan proposed in 2007 by the Kingdom remains "the most serious, realistic and credible basis for the resolution of the dispute" over the Moroccan Sahara, will have a major political impact on regional stability, said Friday the journalist and teacher in public law in Paris, Jérôme Besnard.

Human rights activists and victims of polisario's violations have addressed the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on enforced disappearances and abuses perpetrated by separatist militias in the Algeria-controlled Tindouf camps, with the complicity of this country's authorities.