The Moroccan Foreign Ministry statement confirmed that Rabat "categorically rejects the false, rather absurd, justifications on which it was based," considering that this decision "was expected given the logic of the escalation that was monitored in recent weeks."
The Algerian Foreign Minister had said that Morocco has not stopped its despicable actions against its country, and that the two countries have been in what looks like an open war for decades.
The statement added that the Kingdom of Morocco "will remain a reliable and loyal partner of the Algerian people and will continue to work, with all wisdom and responsibility, for the development of sound and constructive Maghreb relations."
And the Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra announced, in an official statement, on behalf of the President of the Republic, the army chief, and on behalf of the Algerian government, that "the relations with Morocco are cut off." That Algerian and Moroccan citizens be harmed. Consulates are carrying out their work as normal."
"We assure the Algerian citizens in Morocco and the Moroccans in Algeria that the situation will not affect them. Cutting relations means that there are deep differences between the two countries, but they do not affect the peoples," he added.
In a speech at the end of July 2021, King Mohammed VI of Morocco called on Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to "give priority to the logic of wisdom" and "work together, at the earliest time he deems appropriate, to develop the fraternal relations that our peoples built through years of common struggle", again. He also called for the opening of the closed borders between the two countries since 1994.
A few days later, Morocco offered to help Algeria put out the fires that destroyed several forests in the country, leaving dozens dead,” but the Moroccan offer remained without any response from the Algerian side.
