The Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, assured on Monday that his country’s gas supply "is guaranteed" despite the breakdown of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Algeria.
On the sidelines of the presentation of candidates for the legislative and municipal elections in the province of Khouribga, the Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), Abdellatif Ouahbi, addressed the Algerian-Moroccan crisis, indicating that it is the prowess and progress of Morocco that attract jealousy.
The newspaper Le Monde devoted an editorial to Algeria’s severing of its diplomatic relations with Morocco . The French newspaper sees it as "a source of concern for stability in the Sahel".
Morocco will host the high-level meeting with Spain in the coming weeks. Its ambassador to Madrid, Karima Benyaich, will take care of the preparations as soon as she returns to her post, probably this week.
The day after Algeria’s announcement of the severance of its diplomatic relations with Morocco , the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Faisal bin Farhan, announces that he has spoken by telephone with his Algerian and Moroccan counterparts. Could this be the beginning of a Saudi mediation in the crisis between the two neighboring countries?
King Mohammed VI has given his High Instructions to prepare the official visit to Rabat, in the coming weeks, of President Pedro Sánchez. After clearly expressing his willingness to resume relations with Spain, on the occasion of the Throne Feast, the monarch is thus putting his words into action.
In Algeria, Moroccans now live in fear of expulsion since the Algerian decision to break off diplomatic relations with Morocco . They dread the situation of 1976, when more than 350,000 Moroccans were sent back due to the breakdown of relations between the two countries under the presidency of Houari Boumediene because of differences over the Sahara issue.
The head of government, Saâdeddine El Othmani is trying to calm Algeria’s anger. He reacted to the support of Omar Hilale, Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations, for the "valiant Kabyle people," one of the grievances for which Algiers says it has severed diplomatic relations with Rabat.
The diplomatic rupture between Morocco and Algeria has sparked a wave of international reactions, particularly from the African Union, which has just expressed its "deep regret".
Morocco has decided to close its embassy in Algiers this Friday, August 27 after the Algerian decision to break off diplomatic relations .
Algeria’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with Morocco continues to elicit reactions. After the Arab League, France, Israel , it is now the turn of Saudi Arabia and the United States to react.
Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares is said to have given up validating the proposal to appoint Camilo Villarino as Spain’s ambassador to Moscow. This, in order to avoid any new tension with Morocco.