Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita denied having resolved the diplomatic disagreement that’s been plaguing Moroccan-Tunisian relations.
The Moroccan FM highlighted that “Morocco’s position regarding the Tunisian government following its grave and unacceptable reception of the separatist militia leader has not changed.”
The minister explained, in a statement to the press on the sidelines of the Arab League’s annual Council in Cairo, that the reference of the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that the bilateral dispute was resolved exclusively concerns a separate, minor disagreement on a legislative amendment regarding the TICAD summit.
Bourita noted that the intervention of a number of brotherly Arab countries, especially Jordan, made it possible to reach a consensus text referring to cooperation between Japan and the Arab countries.
During the traditional press conference that followed the 158th session of the Council of the Arab League, the institution’s Secretary General Ahmed Abou Gheit, announced that the Tunisian and Moroccan foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the ministerial consultative meeting and resolved what he called “disagreement that occurred during TICAD-8.”
He said: “the subject of the Moroccan point of view that differs from the Tunisian position on TICAD has been settled. The two ministers met in a consultative meeting that lasted about an hour and a half.”
When Abou Gheit talked about TICAD and the “divergence” between the two countries, he didn’t refer to the diplomatic crisis, but rather the Tunisian minister’s proposal to add to the final declaration, a paragraph that welcomes the holding and success of the 8th TICAD in Tunis.
This was categorically opposed by Morocco, with Kingdom blocking the approval of the paragraph.
In the end, following the mediation of Arab countries, namely Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia agreed on the final statement, which welcomes all initiatives to strengthen cooperation between the Arab world and Japan, with no mention of Tunisia’s hosting of the event.
Morocco, therefore, maintains its position regarding Brahim Ghali’s official reception by Tunisian President Kais Saeid, as the “agreement“ the Moroccan and Tunisian FM reached did not concern this recent diplomatic crisis.
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