Morocco rejects Algiers' accusations of a planned "spoliation" of property belonging to it in Rabat, considering that they were "unfounded" and part of "a spirit of unjustified escalation", a diplomatic source said on Monday Moroccan.
The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced on Sunday “provocations” by Morocco as part of a “spoliation operation” of property from its embassy in Rabat, after press reports to this effect.
“It is unfounded, it contains many erroneous allegations and it presides over a spirit of unjustified escalation,” reacted a Moroccan diplomatic source.
“This is not a subject that Morocco has dealt with on the sly”
According to this source, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of an expansion project, purchased premises left behind in 2022 from Algeria, after the embassy moved. vacant on the land of this representation, and adjacent to the offices of the ministry.
“This is not a subject that Morocco has dealt with on the sly, but on the contrary in complete transparency and in direct contact with the Algerian authorities who responded,” said this source, adding that the procedure was “at a standstill today.” "today because Morocco is not in a logic of escalation."
Broken relationships since 2021
The Moroccan ministry has taken similar steps with other foreign representations in the district to expand its premises, this source said.
Algiers broke off diplomatic relations with Rabat in August 2021, denouncing a series of “hostile acts” by its neighbor, particularly concerning Western Sahara and normalization with Israel.
Rabat deemed this decision “completely unjustified”.