SilverCrown Posted January 15, 2023 Posted January 15, 2023 November 2013: Moroccan youth organised a protest in front of the Algerian consulate in the northern city of Casablanca against Bouteflika’s statements on human rights in the Sahara region. The protest ended with the burning of the Algerian flag. The two countries summoned each other’s ambassadors. Algeria also protested against a court ruling that sentenced the man accused of burning the flag to two months in prison. May 2020: The Moroccan consul in the western Algerian city of Oran called Algeria an “enemy country”, prompting the Algerian foreign ministry to summon the Moroccan ambassador and to declare the implicated diplomat “persona non grata”. July 15, 2021: Morocco’s ambassador to the UN, Omar Hilale, called for the “independence of the Kabyle people” in Algeria during a meeting of non-aligned countries. Algeria recalled its ambassador from Rabat. July 23, 2021: The Algerian foreign ministry protested against the authorities of some countries, especially Morocco, using the Israeli spyware programme Pegasus against Algerian officials and citizens. Rabat denied the accusations but Algiers demanded that the former provides evidence. July 31, 2021: Moroccan King Mohammed VI urges Algeria to put aside the differences between the two neighbours and open a new page in their relations. August 8, 2021: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says in a statement his country is ready for any dialogue but asked Morocco to first clarify to Algeria its position on the speech of the Moroccan representative at the UN regarding the Kabylie region. August 11, 2021: During his visit to Morocco, Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid expressed his country’s concern over Algeria’s role in the region and its great rapprochement with Iran. Algeria accused Rabat of inciting Tel Aviv against it. August 18, 2021: The Supreme Security Council in Algeria, headed by Tebboune, accused Morocco of continuing with its “hostile acts” and called for bilateral relations to be reviewed and security monitoring on the western borders to be tightened. August 24, 2021: Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra announced the severing of diplomatic relations with Morocco over what he termed as “successive aggressive steps”. Rabat responded saying the accusations were “false” and that it regretted the decision. July 2022: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI called for the restoration of diplomatic ties with Algeria. January 2023 Morocco condemned “provocative” acts and “transgressions” at the opening of a regional football tournament in Algeria, at which the grandson of Nelson Mandela made a speech and called for Western Sahara to be “free”. Link:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/15/timeline-algeria-and-moroccos-diplomatic-disputes
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