Morocco, which presented an autonomy plan to settle the Sahara issue under its sovereignty, was reinforced in its position following the recent developments in the North African region, says the British think-tank the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

According to an Italian newspaper, the leader of the kidnappers is a former Polisario member

The kidnappers, European nationals "certainly knew the situation in the camp (where the kidnapping took place) and acted, certainly, without fearing the reaction of the Polisario guards or possible chase in the desert," said the Italian daily "l'Unione Sarda"in an article on the issue.

The abduction last Sunday of three European aid workers in Tindouf is a "strong signal" to the international community about the "urgency" to find a definitive solution to the Sahara issue, says U.S. NGO Teach the Children International, in a statement issued Wednesday night in Washington.

 The Acting Tunisian president Fouad Mebazaa, hoped a settlement for the Sahara issue to consolidate building the Maghreb.

The British Foreign Minister, William Hague, called on Monday, the parties to the Sahara conflict, to continue their involvement into the UN process to find a mutually acceptable political solution to this regional dispute.