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Rabat – US President Donald Trump’s senior advisor, Massad Boulos, suggested in a recent interview that Algeria expressed “willingness” to improve ties with Morocco.
Boulos’s remarks came in an interview with Asharq news on October 16, where he indicated that Algeria’s regime also wants a “fundamental and final solution to the Western Sahara dispute.”
Recalling his “excellent” meeting with Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Boulos said that Algiers “also expressed their willingness to improve ties with their Moroccan neighbors – with Morocco, with the Moroccan people, with His Majesty the King, the Moroccan government, and the brotherly Moroccan nation.”
He stated that the two countries are “brothers and neighbors” as they are united by a “shared history and many commonalities.”
The statement comes at a time when Algeria’s regime continues to be reluctant to shoulder its responsibility as a main party to the dispute.
King Mohammed VI has for years called on Algeria’s regime to engage in direct and frank talks with Rabat to end the political stalemate between the two countries. The monarch reiterated Morocco’s reconciliation offer in his July Throne Day speech.
However, Algeria’s regime has long ignored Morocco’s olive branches, challenging Rabat’s territorial integrity and actively supporting the Polisario Front separatist group, which continually threatens Moroccan and regional stability and security.
Earlier this month, Algerian President Abdeladid Tebboune reaffirmed that his country “will not abandon the Western Sahara dispute.”
Tebboune’s remarks reflect Algeria’s continued involvement in obstructing the UN-led political process without taking ownership as a main party in the dispute.
Morocco has long stressed that any genuine reconciliation will remain impossible as long as Algeria’s regime continues to deny this responsibility and maintain its disillusioned stance as a self-declared “observer.”
In the recent interview, Boulos also expressed his country’s appreciation for Morocco’s efforts, notably King Mohammed VI’s wisdom.
“We are counting on His Majesty the King’s wisdom and on the historic stance he has taken, as well as on cooperation with all parties, including the Algerians, with whom we have very good relations,” Boulos stated.
In the interview, Boulos also extended his appreciation to a large number of EU partners, including Spain, the UK and France. His remarks come as European countries, including Paris, joined the chorus in supporting Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as the only framework to end the dispute over Western Sahara.
In July last year, France President Emmanuel Macron took it one step further, announcing his country’s official recognition of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara.
In the context of this momentum towards Morocco’s position, Boulos stated that Washington is more optimistic “than ever” that the Western Sahara issue will reach a “positive and lasting solution.”
“The time has come, in truth, to resolve it,” Boulos added.
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