The Algerian regime is mad with rage following Morocco’s recent diplomatic successes on the international scene and the military balance of power favorable to the Kingdom, said Moroccan political scientist Tajeddine Houssaini.
“Morocco has just recorded important positive points about the Sahara after Germany, Spain and other countries, especially African countries, have considered the autonomy proposal as the most serious, credible and the most realistic”, said this professor of international law, in an interview with Le360.
“These successes added to the balance of forces have destabilized the Algerian military regime which is doing everything to camouflage its humiliation”, explains the political scientist.
Algiers broke diplomatic relations with Morocco, uttered all kinds of insults against the Kingdom, invented false information, closed its airspace, closed the Maghreb gas pipeline before attacking Spain by recalling its ambassador in Madrid and by freezing the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation which binds it to Spain, recalled Tajeddine Houssaini.
“It is surprising that such a regime behaves in this way by daring to shout from the rooftops, but without convincing, that it is in no way a party to the conflict over the Sahara”, remarks this expert, who asks: who shelters, finances, arms and deploys its army, its diplomacy and its means in this affair?
In his argument, Tajeddine Houssaini cites the letter just sent by Morocco’s ambassador and representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, to the Security Council. “In this letter, Morocco refers to Security Council resolution 2602 in which Algiers is cited five times as a party to the conflict,” he observes.
According to this political scientist, this resolution was rejected by Algiers quite simply because it points the finger at it”. Asked how far Algiers can take its escalation, Tajeddine Houssaini did not rule out the military option, although the risk is very low.
“Algiers knows full well that Morocco is fighting for a national cause to which a whole people adheres behind its King. The kingdom will yield not a grain of its sand. In addition, Morocco has managed to balance its balance of power with the Algerian military regime. This is evidenced by the professionalism of its army, its equipment, its motivation as well as the participation of its forces in the various international military exercises,” he said.
The political scientist also returned to the forthcoming visit to Rabat of the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura. “This visit, scheduled in principle for July, will focus on the need to relaunch the round table process with the participation of the parties involved in this conflict, namely Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and the Polisario separatists”, predicts the expert.
“Algeria cannot escape from these round tables, because it will take responsibility for the blocking of this process by the international community and will be particularly at odds with the resolutions of the Security Council”, concluded Tajeddine Houssaini.