Following the severance of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Algeria , José Manuel Albares, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, expressed his country’s desire to contribute to a climate of calm, tranquility and good neighborliness in the western Mediterranean.
Despite the severing of diplomatic relations between Algiers and Rabat, the match between Algeria and Burkina Faso for the second round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers will take place on September 7 at the Grand Stadium in Marrakech. Amine Labdi, general manager of the Algerian national team, provides details.
Algeria recently severed diplomatic relations with Morocco due to "hostile acts" towards it. Will this rupture have an impact on trade?
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.
Algeria will face Djibouti on Thursday, September 2 in Blida (8pm), and Burkina Faso on Tuesday, September 7 in Marrakech (Morocco). On the sidelines of these two matches, the Algerian national football team began its training camp this Monday.
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".
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?
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.
Algeria, which has severed its relations with Morocco , has opted to end the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline. During a meeting with Spanish ambassador Fernando Moran at the headquarters of his ministerial department, Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab reiterated his country’s "total commitment" to "cover all of Spain’s natural gas supplies through Medgaz".
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".