Morocco's initiative to grant a substantial autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, is a "privileged solution" to settle for good the Sahara issue, visiting U.S. Reverend, Richard Cizik, underlined here on Friday.

Morocco's plan to grant autonomy to its Southern Provinces, known as the Sahara, is "useful" and will help settling the Sahara issue, visiting Polish Foreign Minister, Radoslav Sikorski said on Thursday.

Two advisers from the embassies of Belgium and Sweden in Rabat, held on Wednesday a series of meetings with local officials and civil society actors in Laâyoune, to learn about the situation of human rights in Morocco and more particularly in the southern provinces.

The autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty, presented by Morocco, is the best choice for the revitalization of the integration of the Maghreb region, said Thursday in London, Mr. Ahmed Herzenni, president of the Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH).

The participation rate of the populations in the southern provinces in the municipal elections of June 12 "much higher" compared to the national average, shows a "deep attachment" of these populations to Morocco, said the International Association of Strategic Studies (ISSA), based in Washington.