Regionalization advocated by Morocco could eventually provide the framework for a settlement of the "thorny" Sahara issue, said an Italian member of the Council of Europe, returning from a mission in the Kingdom.

MEPs reaffirm, in a statement released on Thursday, their commitment to a "dispassionate and objective treatment of information" about the situation in the Sahara.

Liberia reiterated on Tuesday its support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the Kingdom’s southern provinces, as a "sole basis to resolve this dispute."

The US newspaper "Global post," said on Friday, July 6, 2012, that the people detained in Polisario camps in Tindouf in southwestern Algeria have suffered for over three decades the confiscation of their freedom of movement, in a total violation of international treaties.

The position of Sierra Leone on the Sahara issue converges with the Moroccan position, as it defends the Kingdom’s territorial unity and sovereignty, said on Thursday Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Saad El Dine Otmani.