Algeria-Morocco relations have reached point of ‘no return’: Tebboune

ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has said that relations with neighboring Morocco have reached a point of “no return.”

“We regret that the relations between Algeria and Morocco had reached a point of no return, Algeria’s position was a reaction,” Tebboune told Al Jazeera channel in a recent interview.

In August 2021, Algeria severed diplomatic relations with Morocco, accusing Rabat of having “hostile tendencies,” an accusation denied by Moroccan authorities.

Regarding the crisis with Spain, the Algerian president said the new Spanish government’s position on the Western Sahara conflict is “individual and biased from the Sanchez government.”

In March 2022, Algeria recalled its ambassador from Spain in protest against the Spanish support to the Moroccan self-rule proposal.

Algeria supports independence for Western Sahara and the issue has caused deep tensions between Morocco and Algeria for years.

About the Ukrainian crisis, Tebboune said his country “is qualified to play the role of mediator, as it is one of the countries that has sufficient credibility for it.”

He said he would visit Russia in May at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.