London, November 2, 2013 (SPS) - Algeria 's former Ambassador to Spain, Abdelaziz Rahabi, noted that the summoning of the Moroccan ambassador in Algiers to Rabat for consultation was "unexpected and unjustified action", highlighting, in an interview published Saturday by ‘Al Quds Al Arabi’ in London, that the move aimed to create " diplomatic crisis pending the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, John Kerry, to the region."
Mr. Rahabi added that the Moroccan position was " surprising and incomprehensible ," reasserting that the message of the Algerian President , Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to the participants to the Abuja conference did not include anything new about Algeria's position of this crisis , stressing that the position of Algeria on Western Sahara issue is well known and invariable.
The Algerian diplomat noted that the thing that " worried " Rabat was Algeria's support for the proposal to expand the powers of UN mission in western sahara ‘MINURSO’ to include monitoring of human rights situation , which was originally proposed by the U.S. , submitted by non-governmental organizations , revealing that Algeria was not " enthusiastic about it in the first time , but due to increasing of violations of human rights in the Western Sahara, Algeria considered to support the proposal , which made Morocco loses temper and acts in this manner . "
Abdelaziz Rahabi pointed out that Morocco tries to mislead the world that the question of Western Sahara is a binary dispute between Morocco and Algeria , while it is a question of decolonization. And that Algeria stands to the side of the Sahrawi in the framework of its support for just causes and liberation of peoples issues, a principle that Algerian diplomacy based upon since independence. Algeria, the official added, is not a party in any way in this conflict , which is resolved by the United Nations , and all that Algeria wish for is that a referendum is organized to allow the Sahrawi people to freely excercise its self-determination. (SPS)
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