The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), a group of several international human rights NGOs, voiced, on Thursday, its "deep concern" over the "arbitrary detention" of Mustafa Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud by the polisario's militiamen.

HM King Mohammed VI called, on Monday, upon other partners to seize the historic opportunity of the autonomy initiative and "engage in substantive negotiations under the auspices of the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy, to whom we reiterate our sincere willingness to cooperate."

The arrest of Mr. Mustapha Salma by the Polisario Front is a reckless reaction, largely excepted from Polisario’s political system, which occurs after the positive stance taken by Mr Ould Sidi Mouloud in favour of granting the Moroccan autonomy initiative to the inhabitants of the Sahara region. 

HM King Mohammed met, on Monday at the UN's headquarters in New York, with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed, on Monday, "disappointment" following the prevention by the polisario of 20 Moroccan beneficiaries of the family-visit flights programme from disembarking at the Tindouf airport.