The issue of mining resources in the southern provinces causes non-objective controversy, especially in the foreign media and foreign non-governmental entities that support the thesis of the Polisario separatist movement. Special attention is given to the phosphate sector. This is a strategic sector for Morocco.

The prestigious Crans Montana Forum has chosen the Moroccan city of Dakhla as the host of its 9th annual session on March 4-6, 2015 under the theme “Africa and South-South Cooperation South”.

Khalihenna Ould Errachid, Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), received Tuesday afternoon at the headquarters of the council in Rabat, a delegation of young leaders from Europe and North America, visiting Morocco as part of a cultural exchange program under the auspices of the civilizations Alliance within the United Nations.

Secretary executive of the Forum of Presiding Officers of Legislative Assemblies of Central America and the Caribbean Basin (FOPREL) Santiago Rivas Leclair described the autonomy proposal in the Sahara, under the Moroccan sovereignty, as a revolutionary and very advanced solution for the final settlement of this issue.

The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Jordan reiterated Tuesday in Doha, their support for the autonomy initiative presented by Morocco to resolve the conflict of the Sahara.