The autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 to settle the artificial dispute over the Moroccan Sahara enjoys growing support at European and international levels, Portuguese expert and political scientist Raul Braga Pires said on Tuesday.

German radio station BR24 devoted a detailed article to the presence of terrorist groups in Africa, as well as their Internet propaganda and recruitment methods in areas of instability, particularly in Polisario camps in Algeria's southwestern province of Tindouf.

The Belgian daily with large circulation “De Tijd” called on the countries of Europe to strengthen their relations with Morocco and to work for the settlement of the question of the Sahara to prevent “the disastrous plans” resulting from a “perfidious collaboration ” of what he calls “the new axis of chaos” which would destabilize the region and constitute “a direct threat to security in Europe”.

Germany reiterated, on Thursday, its support for the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, presented in 2007, as a "serious and credible" effort by the Kingdom and a "very good basis for a solution accepted by the parties".

Italy commended Morocco's "serious and credible efforts" to find a solution to the Sahara issue, in the Action Plan for the implementation of the Multidimensional Strategic Partnership between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Italian Republic, signed on Wednesday in Rome.