Morocco, an increasingly assertive presence on the Arab diplomatic scene

Mohamed VI, King of Morocco.

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Mohamed VI, the King of Morocco in Algeria?

The Moroccan sovereign would personally take part in the Arab League summit in Algiers, scheduled for November 1 and 2.

This is what Jeune Afrique said, citing “well-informed” sources in the Gulf countries.

A first diplomatic step from Morocco towards its North African neighbor or a large-scale diplomatic offensive?

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The Moroccan royal palace does not confirm the information but does not deny it either.

Algeria does not react officially either.

Could this announcement be a kind of Moroccan trial balloon to examine Algeria's desire to normalize with Rabat?

In any case, the Algerian press did not attach importance to the information, noting that if there is a visit, it takes place within the framework of the Arab summit and not within the framework of bilateral relations.

For Pierre Vermerin, university professor, specialist in North Africa, Morocco no longer wants to practice the policy of the empty chair.

Morocco has already experienced (this policy) in the OAU (African Union) for almost thirty years, and I think that today Morocco, contrary to the policy of the empty chair, has rightly occupied field.

And so the occupation under these conditions of its place at the top of the Arab League, even in Algeria, is on the contrary something that may surprise seen from the outside, because it is believed that the two countries have not more exchanges, but in reality the scene this time is not the Moroccan-Algerian scene.

It is the Arab scene and Morocco must tell itself that it has no reason to resign from this scene, that on the contrary it occupies a legitimate place there and that it is there and with its peers that he will assert his rights.

So, on the contrary, I see in it a confirmation of Morocco's offensive policy on the diplomatic field and in particular the question that is most important to it (at heart), the Sahara issue

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