West Africa: 'Settling the Sahara Issue Will Help Promote Stability in the Sahel' - European MP

Rabat — Finding a settlement to the Sahara issue, as part of the Moroccan autonomy plan, will help promote security in the Sahel region and serve the interests of the Maghreb and Europe, said president of the Morocco-European Union friendship group at the European parliament, Gilles Pargneaux, on Friday.

"We support the Moroccan plan to grant autonomy to the southern provinces and we wish to endeavor together for the settlement of the Sahara issue in order to promote security in the Sahel, not only for the sake of the Maghreb but also for us Europeans," Pargneaux, who is leading a group of eurodeputies visiting Morocco, told the press.

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