Morocco's ambassador to Algiers is to resume work on Monday, after having been recalled in a spat over disputed Western Sahara, a senior Moroccan official said. "The ambassador has arrived in Algeria and he will resume his duties tomorrow (Monday)," the official told AFP on Sunday, asking **t to be named. He stressed the envoy had only been recalled for consultations and **t withdrawn, adding that Morocco "will always take measures against those who try to touch its territorial integrity." On an incident last week in which a Moroccan protester tore down the flag from Algeria's consulate in Casablanca, he said the authorities had been "firm" and the perpetrator was under arrest. The Algerian news agency APS said the ambassador, Abdallah Belkaziz, was summoned to the foreign ministry on his return and had expressed his government's "regrets" over the flag incident.
03-25-2014, 01:07 AM
Rabat envoy to resume Algiers work after Sahara spat
Morocco's ambassador to Algiers is to resume work on Monday, after having been recalled in a spat over disputed Western Sahara, a senior Moroccan official said. "The ambassador has arrived in Algeria and he will resume his duties tomorrow (Monday)," the official told AFP on Sunday, asking **t to be named. He stressed the envoy had only been recalled for consultations and **t withdrawn, adding that Morocco "will always take measures against those who try to touch its territorial integrity." On an incident last week in which a Moroccan protester tore down the flag from Algeria's consulate in Casablanca, he said the authorities had been "firm" and the perpetrator was under arrest. The Algerian news agency APS said the ambassador, Abdallah Belkaziz, was summoned to the foreign ministry on his return and had expressed his government's "regrets" over the flag incident.
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