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Africa: North |
Morocco king to skip Maghreb summit |
2005-05-24 |
![]() Meanwhile, Aljazeera has learned that the meeting, originally scheduled for 25-26 May, has been put off to 26-27 May after the death of the elder brother of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Moroccan Foreign Ministry confirmed reports that the king would not attend the first gathering since 1994 of heads of state of the five Maghreb nations. "Algeria has taken the responsibility of compromising an opportunity to relaunch ... (North African) construction," the ministry statement said. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Western Sahara was in issue when I was in Morocco (briefly) in 1978. Some things never end!! Morocco says the western Sahara was part of Morocco before the French came and gave it to Spain, making it Spanish Sahara. The Algerians support the Polisario, who want to make it a separate country - a Marxist outfit, IIRC. The only thing there is sand and phospate. |
Posted by: Bobby 2005-05-24 15:41 |