Algeria has officially severed its relations with Morocco, announced Tuesday the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramtane Lamamra, at a press conference in Algiers.
Lamamra read a statement on behalf of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on television announcing that severed ties are due to “endless hostile acts” by the kingdom, stretching from “a hostile media campaign,” to the support for observer status for Israel in the African Union.
The announcement comes a week after Algeria said it would review relations with Morocco, after accusing it of being complicit in the deadly forest fires by supporting independence movements MAK and Rachad.
Moroccan King Mohammed VI stretched out a helping hand to the neighbor and offered two canadair planes to help efforts to put down the fires. He also dedicated a large part of the Throne day speech, inviting Algeria to work together and reopen borders.
“The Algerian and Moroccan consulates will continue their purely administrative work (…) and the citizens of the two countries will not be affected by this decision,” the Algerian Foreign Minister said at the press conference.
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