The Associations "Advanced Regionalisation and Autonomy", "Territorial Integrity for Human Development and Social Works", and "The National Coordination of Global Mobilisation for the Implementation of the Autonomy Initiative", active in the Oued Eddahab-Lagouira region, indicated in a joint statement received by MAP on Sunday that through this report, Mr. Ross aimed "to undermine the sovereignty of the Kingdom over its Southern provinces, ignoring all the democratic achievements made in the region and recognised by the entire international community".

No progress has been made in the negotiations during Mr. Ross's mandate, which was rather marked by the multiplication of attempts by the enemies of Morocco's territorial integrity to bog down the process and hinder any political solution to the Sahara issue, they estimated.