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| Morocco urges Algeria to normalise ties, open border |
| 2008-03-22 |
| Morocco called on Algeria on Thursday to normalise relations between the North African neighbours and reopen the border closed 14 years ago. Rabat's move came two days after Morocco and Algeria-backed Western Sahara's Polisario independence movement ended a fourth round of talks near New York without narrowing differences on Africa's longest-running territorial dispute. Morocco's government regards thawing ties with Algeria as the key to end the deadlock over the dispute with Polisario. "The Kingdom of Morocco calls with a brotherly friendship and total sincerity for a normalisation of the bilateral relations and the re-opening of the border between the two countries," said the Foreign Ministry in a statement. Algeria closed the border in 1994 after Rabat accused its security forces of involvement in a Marrakesh hotel shooting. |
| Posted by:Fred |