The Moroccan government said on Monday that it “does not seek escalation or provocation” with Algeria and rejected complaints from the neighboring country, which accused Rabat of doing so “A Confiscation Plan” from the premises of his embassy in the Moroccan capital.
Moroccan diplomatic sources told EFE that neither the Algerian embassy nor the ambassador’s residence on Mohamed VI Avenue were touched, “they were not subject to any measures” and are under the protection of the Moroccan authorities.
They emphasized that these are premises that are the subject of Algeria’s complaints “an empty building that is not being used” and is located at a different location next to the headquarters of the Moroccan Foreign Ministry. They added that this site was the subject of discussions with the Algerian authorities about the purchase a year and a half ago.
“Morocco does not seek provocation or escalation with Algeria, and even the process related to this location has stalled,” explained the same sources, who detailed that since January 2022, Moroccan diplomacy has sent seven letters as part of its exchanges with Algeria sent to this location, which responded along with five others.
They added that the Moroccan Foreign Ministry is expanding its headquarters by acquiring premises attached to or close to the building. To this end, the sources added that unused premises in the area of other nearby embassies such as Austria, Switzerland, Ivory Coast and the United Statesand they are negotiating with Denmark to purchase unused space with the aim of expanding the ministry’s headquarters and establishing a diplomatic academy and museum.
The same sources added that Morocco “has always worked to preserve the good neighborliness between the two states and the brotherhood between the two peoples” Algerians and Moroccans.
The Algerian government condemned yesterday, Sunday, “in the strongest possible terms” what it described as a “plan to seize” the premises of its embassy in Rabat and reiterated that Algeria “will respond to these provocations by any means it deems appropriate “.
Algeria and Morocco have closed their land borders since 1994. Diplomatic tensions that have existed for decades between both countries due to the Western Sahara conflict increased in August 2021 when Algiers severed its relations with Rabat and closed its airspace with the neighboring country.
