Brussels, 01/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - A Moroccan delegation, led by Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa, met EU Council President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on 26 February, and set out the “autonomy plan” being drafted by the Kingdom to settle the conflict in the Western Sahara. The Delegation is currently visiting selected capitals to hold consultations on the plan before it is submitted to the UN Security Council. In a statement published by the German presidency of the EU, Mr Steinmeier “praised the initiative to bring about progress in a conflict which has been deadlocked for many years and to inform the European Union of Morocco's intentions”. The European Union, Mr Steinmeier went on, “will study the plan with great interest and discuss it”. He also stressed that “Europe supports the course of political, economic and social reforms in Morocco embarked upon by King Mohammed VI”. (fb)