The Moroccan Regime Invests in Algeria’s Disputes With Mali
The Moroccan regime seeks to invest in the disputes between Algeria and Mali, hoping to deepen the gap between the neighbouring and brotherly countries.
This investment has become public and direct, confirming the evil nature of this regime, which tries every time to distract the Moroccan people from their internal problems by creating a diplomatic crisis with Algeria from the podium of the United Nations.
In this regard, the Permanent Representative of the Alawite regime to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, took advantage of the address delivered by the Malian Minister of State, Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, at the United Nations General Assembly, which reflects the existence of differences in viewpoints between Algeria and Bamako in resolving the problem of this country, which has been mired in chaos since the decision of the coup authorities in Mali to cancel the peace and reconciliation agreement signed in Algeria in 2015 under the auspices of the United Nations, to attack Algeria, trying to demonize it as usual.
The Moroccan diplomat falsely claimed that Algeria is “the root of all problems in the Sahel and the Sahara”, in a clear search for harmony between Rabat and Bamako and behind them the rest of the capitals of the Sahel region, in an attempt to create a state of hostility between Algeria and the countries of the area, which remain indebted to their northern neighbour for good neighbourliness over many decades.
It seems that the Moroccan official wrote his intervention while in an abnormal situation, after hearing from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf, that “the phenomenon of colonialism in Western Sahara is destined to disappear, no matter how long or short it takes, and that the legitimate rights of the Sahrawi people will find their way to implementation sooner or later”, in addition to his confirmation of Algeria’s refusal to return to participating in the round tables organized by the United Nations, similar to what happened in 2018 and 2019 in Geneva.
It was clear from the words of the representative of the Moroccan regime that he was seeking to win over the Malian authorities in Bamako by harmonizing with the speech of Abdoulaye Maiga, in the hope of reviving what is known as the “Access to the Atlantic” initiative launched by the Moroccan monarch about a year ago, but without achieving a breakthrough on the ground, despite his attempt to drag European countries to support this initiative that does not mean anything to them.
Since the preparatory meeting for this initiative in December 2023 in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, which was attended by lower-level officials from Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Chad, while a pivotal country, Mauritania, was absent, no meeting has been held in this regard.
Observers considered Mauritania’s failure to respond to the Moroccan king’s invitation to participate in this initiative, which came in response to the Maghreb bloc called for by Algeria, and which included Tunisia and Libya, as an announcement of the death of the “Atlantic Initiative” in its creation, because the Sahel countries’ access to the Atlantic front can only be achieved by the joining of two major countries to this initiative, namely Algeria and Mauritania.
Because Algeria is not at all concerned with this initiative after severing diplomatic relations with Rabat, and the Mauritanian side refused to engage in this endeavour, the Moroccan regime’s attempts to invest in Algeria’s differences with the state of Mali will neither advance nor delay, because the logic of geography says otherwise. Therefore, the Moroccan regime will reap nothing but shame from its attempts to pour oil on the fire of relations between Algeria and Bamako.
