Arab League Summit Ends Without Morocco-Algeria Reconciliation

"[...] Until the eve of the opening of the summit, Algiers was planning to host King Mohammed VI. The Moroccan sovereign backtracked in the final stretch. It would have been a nice coup for Algeria to reconnect with its enemy brother after breaking off relations with Rabat in August 2021," writes La Croix. In an interview with the Saudi channel Al Hadath, Ramtane Lamamra, the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, also regretted a "missed opportunity."

Algeria thus missed the opportunity to return to the forefront of the diplomatic scene. It, which has felt isolated on the diplomatic level since then. "The time is long gone when Algeria reigned at the head of the non-aligned world and imposed itself on the international scene. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is struggling to reconnect with this past greatness, after the long eclipse of Algeria since the stroke that heavily handicapped President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in 2013. The country has, among other things, lost a lot in weight and in will in supporting the self-determination of the Sahara," analyzes the French newspaper.