In order to make King Mohammed VI attend the 31st African Union summit, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is relying on a strategy used by Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The latter gave promising results at the Arab League summit in March 2005.
Mauritanian president Ould Abdel Aziz has seized all oportunities to send significant messages to the Moroccan authorities. On the 25th of December he sent a military delegation to take part to one of the Front's military exercises. On the 27th of February and May the 10th, he received two of the Polisario's emissaries.
After making Mohamed Ould Bouamatou leave Morocco, the Mauritanian president is targeting Mustapha Ould Chafi, also exiled in the Kingdom. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is accusing him of collusion with terrorist groups operating in the Sahel.
The long-awaited normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Mauritania is likely to be postponed to a later date. The Mauritanian government is planning to issue arrest warrants against two of Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz' opponents, who in fact, are living in Morocco.