The Algerian army’s intervention on February 4, in Ksar Ich, in the province of Figuig, is the latest in a series of incidents that call into question the relevance of the 1972 agreement. That accord, signed by Morocco and Algeria to delineate their land borders, is frequently invoked by Algiers whenever territorial disputes arise in the region.
On the 23rd of October 1963 Charles De Gaulle, head of the provisional government of the French Republic, and Alain Peyrefitte, the French Foreign Minister were discussing at the Elysee Palace the armed conflict between Morocco and Algeria, France’s two colonies. The border conflict between the two neighboring states lasted 4 months, 3 weeks and 5 days.
On January 6, 2021, Mauritania decided to strengthen security along its borders near the Tindouf camps, located on Algerian territory. This measure came two months after the Royal Armed Forces’ operation in El Guerguerate on November 13, 2020. On Thursday, May 22, the Mauritanian military took a new step in this strategy following the arrest of traffickers originating from Tindouf.