Algeria authorities doubled down on their antipathetic attitude towards Morocco and claimed on Friday they had not received an initiation for dialogue sent by King Mohammed VI to the Algerian president Abedlmajid Tebboune via Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita.
Algerian authorities claimed in an article published on APS that Bourita had ‘fabricated’ the invitation when he spoke to media during the Arab league summit that took place in Algiers earlier this week.
The statement Bourita gave to the press affirmed that King Mohammed VI “instructed the Algerian authorities to tell the Algerian authorities that there is an open invitation to his Excellency the president (of Algeria) to go to Morocco and have a dialogue.”
The King who had voiced intentions to participate in the Algerian-hosted summit eventually opted out over what Bourita referred to as the refusal of the Algerian host to engage with Moroccan representatives.
“King Mohammed VI expressed his intention in recent days to visit Algeria, to which he was invited to attend the Arab summit, but the Moroccan delegation did not receive any confirmation from the Algerian side through the available channels.”
Bourita, who headed the Moroccan delegation participating in the summit, expressed his regret that “no answers were received through the appropriate channels.”
King Mohammed VI has called more than once to the Algerian president for dialogue in order to normalize relations between the two countries, after Algeria decided last year to cut diplomatic relations with Rabat.
“Morocco did not sever diplomatic relations with Algeria. Relations were cut from one side, and the borders were closed on one side, and this is the reality,” Bourita said.
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