Abdelilah Hifdi, president of the National Federation of Transport (FNT), also president of the CGEM group in the House of Advisors, accuses Algeria and the Polisario of being behind the assassination of two Moroccan drivers in Mali .
Algeria does not want Arab mediation to find a solution to the tensions with Morocco. Its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramtane Lamamra, affirms that Algiers’ decision to break off diplomatic relations with Rabat is "sovereign, final and irreversible".
Algeria has decided not to renew the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline through which Spain is supplied with natural gas. For its part, [Morocco had previously stated that it would not block the GME file. The non-renewal of this contract, which expires on October 31, could benefit Israel.
Algerians have been sentenced to various prison terms after a violent brawl with Moroccans and a lightning kidnapping in the area of rue Jules-Guesde in Wazemmes (Lille). An Algerian had been shot.
The Algerian Fennecs and the delegation of officials accompanying them were welcomed on Monday at the Marrakech-Menara airport by the Algerian Consul General, Ali Talaourar, and the Secretary General of the FRMF, Tarik Najem.
On the eve of the Burkina Faso - Algeria match counting for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and which will be played on September 7 in Marrakech, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) intends to reserve a royal welcome for the Algerians, without taking into account the diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
Some Moroccans in Algeria do not seem to be concerned about the Algerian decision to break its diplomatic relations with Morocco. Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has also reassured them that they are living "in the best possible conditions".
Spain is concerned about Algeria’s intention to renounce the gas pipeline that has been supplying it for twenty years via Morocco. Moreover, the Iberian peninsula fears the huge loss that the three countries would suffer if the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline is not renewed after October 31, the date of its expiration.
More is known about the circumstances of the Polisario leader’s departure from Spain. Brahim Ghali had been admitted to the San Pedro de Logroño hospital, under a false identity in April, after contracting Covid-19, and had returned to Algeria under unclear circumstances.
Moroccan and Algerian personalities have, in a petition, expressed their great concern about the current escalation in relations between Rabat and Algiers. They call "on all people and organizations of goodwill in the two countries, and beyond the Maghreb, to act for a return to reason".
While Algeria is indulging in verbal attacks and accusations against its national security, wallowing in political instability, breaking its diplomatic relations with its western neighbor , Morocco is striving to attract foreign investors, becoming the economic leader of the Maghreb.
The coach of the Algerian national team, Djamel Belmadi, indicated that the diplomatic crisis between [Morocco] and [Algeria] will not be an obstacle to the match between the Fennecs and the Stallions. For the technician, the essential and most important thing is that the match takes place in complete safety on a quality pitch.