Tunisian President, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, received on Friday Prime Minister, Abbas El Fassi.

Salaheddine Mezouar was elected, on Saturday in Marrakech, president of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) during the meeting of the party's national counsil.

Elliot Abrams, who served as Deputy National-Security Adviser in George W. Bush's Administration hailed on Tuesday the unchanged policy of the Obama Administration vis-à-vis the Moroccan initiative for autonomy in the Sahara.

Morocco expressed on Saturday its great satisfaction following the signature, Friday in Ouagadougou, of a Declaration laying down the terms of the transitional phase in the Republic of Guinea.

The parties signatory to the joint declaration of Ouagadougou expressed their heartfelt thanks to HM King Mohammed VI for the Kingdom's generous support in solving the Guinean crisis.

China calls on the parties involved in the Sahara issue to show flexibility and overcome their differences in order to find a just, lasting and acceptable solution based on UN resolutions, Chinese Foreign minister Yang Jiechi said on Monday.

The setting up of a "State" in the Sahara under Algeria's supervision goes against Spain's interest, former Spanish diplomat Maximo Cajal said.

The Advisory Committee on Regionalization, set up on Sunday by HM King Mohammed VI, held, here on Monday, its first meeting.

Morocco's proposal to grant broad autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, is "imbued with wisdom," contrary to Algeria's "rigid" attitude, President of the Algerian Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK), Ferhat Mehenni, said.

Several leaders of Moroccan political parties hailed the decision of HM King Mohammed VI to set up the Advisory Committee on Regionalization, saying that such an initiative will further consolidate the democratic process, boost sustainable development and contribute to the elaboration of a Moroccan model of regionalisation.

Morocco has reached out to Aminatou Haidar in accordance with the principles of international humanitarian law, by allowing her return to the national territory following negotiations that involved Spain, the United States, France and the United Nations, the Panamanian paper "La Estrella" says.