Belgium will consider "with much attention" the Moroccan proposal to grant substantial autonomy to its Southern Provinces (the Sahara) in a bid to solve the thirty-year-old dispute with the Algeria-backed Polisario separatists.

Morocco's initiative to grant large autonomy to the Southern Provinces, known as the Sahara, is a "positive" initiative to settle the Sahara conflict, said, here Thursday, President of the autonomous government of Andalusia, Manuel Chaves.

As a friend country, Mexico will back Morocco's efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the Sahara dispute, said the speaker of the Mexican House of Deputies, Jorge Zermeno.

French Foreign Minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy, said, here Tuesday, that a dialog between Maghreb countries is necessary to get the Sahara issue out of stalemate, noting that his country takes into account all the efforts undertaken to reach a political solution to this conflict.