Under the Moroccan autonomy plan, the Sahara Region will be given more powers and competencies to manage its own affairs, said Marie Valerie Uppiah, head of the law department at the University of Mauritius.

Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, welcomed the autonomy plan presented by the Kingdom to reach a solution to the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, calling it a "significant" initiative and a "step forward".

Spanish Parliament Confirms Government's Position, Preeminence of Autonomy Plan Spain's Congress of Deputies, the lower house of Parliament, confirmed, Thursday evening, the position of the government of Pedro Sanchez on the Moroccan Sahara issue, thus confirming the broad support for Morocco's autonomy proposal within the Spanish constitutional institutions and the main political formations.

The autonomy plan, presented by Morocco to end the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara, is "realistic, credible and achievable", and is a real lever for development, stressed the former Spanish Minister of Housing, Maria Antonia Trujillo Rincon.

Morocco's autonomy initiative for the Sahara stands out for its generosity, especially in terms of provisions guaranteeing the exercise of legislative powers, said Marc Finaud, senior adviser at the 'Geneva Center for Security Policy' think tank.