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. 

Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, said, on Tuesday, that Morocco is ready to promote its relations with Algeria to make progress towards a solution to the Sahara issue, under the aegis of the United Nations.

Gambian Foreign Minister, Omar Toury, on Monday reiterated his country's support to the Moroccan sovereignty over its southern provinces, the Sahara.

 U.S. expert, J.Peter Pham called to "move ahead" in the settlement of the Sahara issue along the lines of Morocco's proposal for autonomy, the "only realistic course."