The recent decision of the Spanish government regarding the autonomy initiative in the Moroccan Sahara is a return to the legality and logic of the tripartite agreement of Madrid, said Tuesday in Settat, the Spanish historian and political expert, Pedro Ignacio Altamirano.

The autonomy initiative presented by Morocco for the Sahara offers exclusive legislative powers to the Region, said Professor of Political Science at the University of Barcelona, Joan-Josep Vallbé, noting that the Moroccan plan proposes to establish a list of areas of exclusive competence of both the central government and the region.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, held talks, Tuesday in Rabat, with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Moroccan Sahara, Staffan de Mistura.

Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan on Monday welcomed Morocco's "serious" and "credible" efforts in the framework of the autonomy plan to resolve the Moroccan Sahara issue.

The Moroccan MP Laila Dahi was elected, Saturday, president of the Youth Caucus within the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), as part of the ordinary session of the fifth legislature of the institution, held from June 27 to July 2 at the headquarters of the hemicycle in Johannesburg, South Africa.