The Moroccan delegation, which is attending the preparatory meeting of foreign ministers for the Council of the League of Arab States in Algeria, protested that an Algerian media had published a map of the Kingdom without the Western Sahara region, before making reverse.
According to Moroccan media, the delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, protested against the map published by an Algerian channel, which is said to be media partner of the League of Arab States.
In an official statement, the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States denied having media partners in coverage of the Arab Summit.
Algeria International Channel AL24 News has published on its website a map of the Arab world, which separates Morocco from Western Sahara, arousing the reservations of the Moroccan delegation.
The channel re-released another map, different from the one that angered the Moroccan delegation.
The General Secretariat called on all media to pay close attention in attributing the information posted on their websites to the Arab League or its institutions.
important warning:
The General Secretariat of the League of Arab States denies having “media partners” to cover the affairs #Arab Summit The thirty-first was held in Algeria, and confirms that he has no connection with any media organization that claims this ability ……. To be continued: https://t.co/tesP6RCffW pic.twitter.com/e0tTVJes0X– League of Arab States (@arableague_gs) October 29, 2022
And the Moroccan website, Hespress, reported that Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said: “The summit can be successful if we overcome lateral differences, overcome unnecessary provocations and if the host country will deal according to the rules governing the summits. , either in terms of protocol or customs “.
There was no official response from Algeria until I wrote this report on what happened.
Nasser Bourita arrived in Algeria on Saturday to attend the meeting of Arab foreign ministers, in preparation for the Arab summit at the level of presidents and kings, scheduled for the first and second of November next.
This is the first official visit by a Moroccan minister to Algeria after relations between the two countries were cut off by an Algeria decision last year.
The last visit of an Algerian official after the breakdown was that of the Algerian Minister of Justice, Abdel Rashid Tabbi, in Morocco, on 27 September, to deliver to Bourita a letter of invitation from the Algerian president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, to the king Moroccan Mohammed VI inviting him to participate in the League Summit. Arabic.
Bilateral relations between the two countries deteriorated when Algeria announced in August last year that it would cut diplomatic relations with Rabat, accusing the Kingdom of having committed “hostile acts” against it. Rabat responded by expressing her regret at this decision and rejected what she described as “false justifications”.
