Morocco's autonomy initiative will contribute to regional security and reinforce development in the southern provinces, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Gilles Pargneaux said on Sunday.

The Daily Caller, a well known online American site, based on Washington DC, which deals on a daily basis with international politics and conflicts all over the world from the American point of view, has published an article written by Elisabeth Blackney who is best known as a media and communications strategist with a deep knowledge of the history of north African countries.

The case of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud, former security official of the Polisario, "is likely to be repeated for a long period," as long as the Sahara issue remains under the status quo, said the Italian newspaper "Republica" in its Tuesday edition.

Morocco has called on the European Union to urgently intercede with Algeria to shoulder its responsibilities with regard to protecting Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud, his family and his relatives against reprisals by polisario.

Upon the announcement of the arrest of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud, former Polisario official, by gunmen of the separatist movement at his arrival to Tindouf camps, unanimous reaction of protest and condemnation has taken place throughout Morocco by the government, political parties and associations. The condemnation has also been unanimous at of UN international organizations, NGOs, as well as human rights associations in various world capitals.