Morocco has presented its initiative to grant substantive autonomy to its Southern provinces as a "form of extreme regionalization" within a double approach aimed to reach a settlement under the aegis of the United Nations and promote a widened regionalization throughout the Kingdom, said Interior Minister, Chakib Benmoussa.

The Moroccan delegation in the Council of the Socialist International (IS), held Monday and Tuesday in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, called on this organization to "continue to support the dialog between the parties involved in the Sahara issue."

A delegation comprising of elected representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of Fuerteventura, investors, businessmen and officials from the Spanish island arrived in Laayoune Tuesday for a visit of three days in the region of Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia Lhamra.

Participants in “Yes to autonomy” caravan "held Friday in Laayoune, highlighted the central role of the media in the defence of national causes, including support of the autonomy project in the Moroccan Sahara nationally and internationally.

The 3rd Marine Forum opened Wednesday in Tan-Tan, under the theme "self employment in the sector of maritime fishing, base of human development in the southern provinces".