Participants at a high-level symposium held Saturday in Casablanca as part of the Crans Montana Forum emphasized that the Dakhla Atlantic Port constitutes a strategic pillar for breaking the isolation of Sahel countries and strengthening South-South economic cooperation.

Slovenia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Tanja Fajon, highlighted on Friday that her country appreciates the Moroccan autonomy initiative, presented by Morocco in 2007 as a good basis for a definitive solution to the regional dispute created over the Moroccan Sahara.

The Republic of Croatia sees the autonomy plan, proposed by Morocco in 2007 to settle the regional dispute over its Sahara, as a “good basis to reach a political solution” to this issue./div>
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Estonia reiterated, on Tuesday, its support for the autonomy plan, presented in April 2007 by Morocco, to settle the Moroccan Sahara issue, describing the plan as a “good, serious and credible basis for an agreed solution between all parties,” while “encouraging other governments to join this position."

The United States' reaffirmation of its recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara sends "a strong message that upholds the truth and reality on the ground" and "paves the way for peace and regional stability," said David Aaronson, an American expert from the Washington-based think tank, The Heritage Foundation.