The Justice and Development Party to visit Algerian parties

The General Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) has welcomed the royal initiative through which, King Mohammed VI urged Algeria to join the creation of «a political mechanism for dialogue and consultation».

The body decided to visit some Algerian political parties to «examine the means needed to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries and overcome the differences hindering development and cooperation», said the Moroccan party in a statement.

The party did not reveal when it is intending to reunite with Algerian parties.

For the record, in November 2016, Saadeddine El Othmani, PJD Secretary-General and head of the government, visited Algeria where he met the president of the country’s Islamist party Movement of Society for Peace, Abderrazzak Mokri.

Despite this meeting, Mokri «condemned», in April 2017 at a meeting in Tlemcen, «the cultivation of cannabis in Morocco», indicating that practice is «behind of all problems» his country was facing.