The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) General Secretariat issued a statement in response to Algeria regarding the appointment of Amina Selmane as representative of this regional organization to the African Union (AU) and her reception by AU Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat, to whom she handed over her credentials.
The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an unfounded statement contrary to diplomatic practice, attacked the decision to appoint Amina Selmane and the reception of her credentials by the Chairman of the African Union.
Selmane’s appointment “coincides with the extension of the mandate of the Secretary General, Taïeb Baccouche, who has repeatedly requested the appointment of a successor, most recently on the occasion of the Arab Summit in Algeria, during which the parties concerned failed to invite him to respond to his request, although he had received an official invitation from the Secretary General of the League of Arab States,” the AMU General Secretariat stressed.
The secretariat also expressed deep regret at “the contradictions of the Algerian parties, who have referred to the Secretary General as (former Secretary General), while senior officials of the Algerian state have continued to correspond with the Secretary General on his behalf and in his capacity, since August 2022 until today, with at least nine correspondences, the last of which was sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Prime Minister and the President of the Algerian Republic, while thanking the Secretary General on his behalf and in his capacity as Secretary General of the AMU for the New Year greetings.
Algeria, the statement added, has not expressed to the Secretary General of the AMU any reservation within the regulatory timeframe on all initiatives taken by him, including the decision to open the office of the AMU to the AU since March 7, 2023 and that no country has challenged.
On the other hand, the AMU General Secretariat regretted Algeria’s unjustified attacks on the AU Chairperson after receiving Amina Selmane’s accreditation letters.
“We also regret the unjustified attacks against the Chairman of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, with unworthy qualifiers,” said the statement of the General Secretariat, noting that Mr. Faki Mahamat has applied Article 20 of the Agreement between the African Union and its eight Regional Economic Communities (RECs), which concerns the appointment by each REC of a representative to the AU.
On April 13, he officially received the letters of accreditation of Ms. Amina Selmane, “who was sworn in by the Secretary-General of the AMU in her capacity as Director of Economic Affairs within the AMU.”
“She has become a Maghrebian diplomat working with the Secretary General and the President of the AU, whom we support and for whom we have respect and consideration,” said the General Secretariat of the AMU.
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