Algeria summons Morocco envoy over Iran claims
[PRESSTV] Algeria has summoned Morocco’s ambassador over allegations that its embassy in Rabat was involved in alleged Iranian support for a West Saharan separatist movement.
"Morocco’s ambassador has been received today by the Secretary General at the foreign ministry who rejected the unfounded remarks," ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
A day earlier, Morocco cut its diplomatic ties with Tehran, claiming that the Iranian Embassy
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in Rabat would lend support to the Western Sahara Polisario separatist myrmidons.
Morocco annexed Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, in 1975, and since then the territory has been the subject of a dispute between Rabat and the Polisario Front.
The movement, which aims to end Morocco’s presence in the Saharan region, recently said they sought to set up a "capital" in the region, prompting Rabat to caution it would respond with force.
Posted by: Fred 2018-05-04 |