UAE-Morocco Tensions Rise Over Libyan Oil Deal and Peace Efforts

According to the site Akhbarona, which cites an officer with the Emirati intelligence services, the Sovereign is said to have rejected the offer of the Crown Prince, who also proposed the possibility for Moroccan companies to invest on a large scale in the country.

On December 17, 2015, the Moroccan mediation in the Libyan conflict, supported by the United Nations and the international community, had made it possible to sign a peace agreement, known as the Skhirat Agreements, between the General National Congress and the House of Representatives.

However, the commander of the Libyan army, Khalifa Haftar, had never recognized the national unity government, supposed to be formed following the armistice convention. The general had rejected the efforts deployed by Morocco to put an end to the Libyan conflict, by declaring himself head of the Libyan state thanks to the support of certain Gulf countries.