The king Mohammed VI of Morocco invites the president of Algeria, Abdelmajid Tebbouneto visit Rabat to “maintain a dialogue” on bilateral relations, broken since a year ago, according to what the Foreign Minister assured a group of European media in Algiers, Nasser Burita.
“His Majesty has instructed us to tell the Algerian authorities that there is an open invitation to His Excellency the President (of Algeria) to come to Morocco and have a dialogue with the necessary preparations to guarantee its success,” Burita explained.
The Moroccan king was formally invited to the summit of the Arab League, which is being held on November 1 and 2 in the Algerian capital, which he finally decided not to attend because, Burita assured, “although there are provisions made for a two-way meeting at the highest level”, they did not receive “confirmation regarding this”. “We have been here for three days (in Algiers, since Saturday) and we have addressed several times through the channels of the (Arab League) without provisions being made for a bilateral meeting at the highest level,” he said.
In response to previous statements by the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramtam Lamara, After receiving the president in the honors room of the airport, like the rest of the heads of state who arrived in the capital these days, Burita considered the proposal “unusual, given the nature of the relationship.” “Seen the scope and importance of this encounter, it cannot be improvised in a airport honors room, it needs preparation and a commitment on both sides to guarantee its success,” he reproached.
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The Moroccan leader insisted that Algeria, as the host country, had had the opportunity to transfer the invitation to a bilateral meeting, either “through the services of the summit or directly to the (Moroccan) delegation that was on the ground”.
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The Moroccan representative stressed that since the rupture of diplomatic relations in August 2021, the monarch has reached out to Algiers in three of his speeches: “Unfortunately, we have not received any response to these real initiatives of bilateral dialogue,” he said.
“The invitation is real, so that what could not be in Algiers, due to the lack of communication channels, for example, or for other reasons, we can bring it to fruition, if Algiers wishes, through this invitation of the king,” said Burita.