Once again, Morocco relies on the Saharawi card to respond, at the UNHCR, to the Polisario and to Algeria. A card that has already proven its worth both in the two rounds of the UN «Geneva Round Table» and in the EU to bypass the 2016 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
In an interview published on Monday by French newspaper L'Opinion, Abdelmadjid Tebboune described the Moroccan military barracks project as an escalation that must stop. A statement that confirms the concerns of Algeria despite clarifications made by Morocco.
Algeria and Morocco once again cross paths at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Two presidents of Sahrawi regions replied to the Algerian diplomat.
After it expressed concern regarding the military barracks Morocco intends to build in Jerada, Algeria is also building a military base near its border with Morocco.
The plan to build military barracks in Jerada worries Algeria. Two newspapers from the Eastern neighbor addressed this subject yesterday, referring to it as a «military threat» to the country.
Mauritania, Tunisia and Libya are the main pillars of the war of influence between Morocco and Algeria. Each of these two countries is trying to lead the regional political scene.