"The Sahara issue is a regional dispute that must be solved at the regional level", reiterated Monday the Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Mr. Hamid Chabar during a debate at the fourth Committee of the General Assembly.

Moroccan Premier, Abbas El Fassi, discussed, here Saturday, prospects for the negotiations process on the Sahara with the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon.

Autonomy does not mean dividing a country, but rather decentralizing and bringing power closer to citizens for more efficiency in promoting citizens' life style, said visiting president of the Spanish northern autonomous community of La Rioja, Pedro Sanz.

The European Union hailed, Monday, Morocco's serious and credible efforts to reach a political solution to the Sahara issue.

Morocco urged, on Friday, the international community to preserve and consolidate the dynamic of negotiations on the Sahara launched by autonomy proposal, reiterating its sincere will to reach a final solution to this regional disagreement, and to step up the establishing of the Maghreb.