Algeria ambassador to Egypt, Nadir Larbaoui: “Tindouf is Algerian, it will never be Moroccan”
Nadir Arbaoui, Algeria's ambassador to Egypt and its representative at the Arab League. Photo: copyright
Algeria’s ambassador to Egypt and its representative at the Arab League, Nadir Arbaoui, responds to the lies and accusations that were fabricated by the Moroccan ambassador to Egypt, and which stated that Tindouf and Bechar (southern Algeria) are Moroccan and should return to the kingdom, and that Algeria was behind the problem of Western Sahara.
Algerian diplomat presented a set of facts to answer the the claims of his Moroccan counterpart.
Ambassador Arbaoui said in a clarification that was published on Sunday in the Egyptian newspaper Echorouk, which interviewed days ago the Moroccan ambassador, as the statements of the Moroccan diplomat include many stories and fallacies, especially the Moroccan allegations on Tindouf and Bechar.
“Algeria retrieved and recovered its sovereignty over every inch of its territory, from the brutal colonialism through great sacrifices, blood and gunpowder. The city of Tindouf is precious like the rest of Algerian cities, it’s soil was irrigate with the blood of the martyrs. To clarify things for everyone, I invite you to analyse the physical and legal irrefutable evidence, through the original documents and international references, that does not let any way for doubt or interpretation, and refute the absurd claims that does not go beyond the daily misleading and irresponsible statements, that the neighboring country authorities claim. “
“Algeria land border with the Kingdom of Morocco, has been demarcated permanently under a bilateral agreement that was signed by the two sides in Rabat on 15 June 1972, and the ratification procedures were exchanged between the two countries’ foreign ministers in Algeria on May,14, 1989. and handed over Moroccan Foreign Minister at the time of the late Mr. Abdullatif Filali, to his Algerian counterpart, Mr. Boualem Balsaih, Morocco and the instrument of ratification of the Convention, was signed on the record confirms receipt of the original documents of ratification and entry into force of the Convention. “