A Sahrawi association, on Monday, called for opening the Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria, to NGOs and to all UN bodies, noting that it is "high time that Algeria took its responsibilities as a host country" of these camps.

The French-Moroccan Parliamentary friendship group reiterated, on Tuesday, support for Morocco's initiative to grant substantial autonomy to its Southern provinces as a fair, realistic and lasting solution to the Sahara's artificial conflict.

Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, underlined, here Tuesday, the need to reach a "reasonable" agreement on the Sahara issue under the aegis of the UN, calling on the parties concerned to "show flexibility."

Granting a "larger autonomy" to the Moroccan Southern provinces constitutes a suitable solution to the Sahara conflict, spokesman for the conservative Popular Party (PP) in the Spanish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Commission, Gustavo de Aristegui, underlined.

Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, denounced, on Friday, recent declarations and writings alleging human rights abuses in Morocco's southern provinces.