he autonomy initiative presented by Morocco in 2007 to reach a final settlement to the Moroccan Sahara issue is the only basis for a realistic, viable and serious solution to this conflict, said a Joint Statement issued after the working visit to Morocco by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of El Salvador Alexandra Hill Tinoco.

Jamaica reiterated on Wednesday its decision to withdraw its recognition of the so-called "SADR", while expressing its support for the UN's efforts to find a durable solution to the Sahara conflict.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held Tuesday a telephone conversation with Morocco's minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan expatriates, Nasser Bourita, during which the two sides discussed bilateral relations.

Manuel Lezertua Rodriguez, Ombudsman of the Basque Country, condemned, on Tuesday in Vitoria Gasteiz (north), the "extremely serious" crimes committed by polisario torturers against the Sahrawi populations held captive in the Tindouf camps in Algeria.

Cape Verde "very solemnly" supports the Moroccanness of the Sahara and backs the autonomy plan as the only basis for resolving this regional dispute while respecting the territorial integrity and national unity of the Kingdom of Morocco, said Cape Verde's minister of Foreign Affairs, Communities and Defence, Luis Felipe Tavares, Friday in Rabat.