Algeria declares Moroccan diplomat 'persona non grata'

Algeria expels Moroccan diplomat over ’suspicious actions’

Algeria expelled a Moroccan diplomat from Morocco's consulate in Oran, declaring him persona non grata and ordering him to leave the country within 48 hours over alleged "suspicious actions." On 27 March, Algeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement outlining the decision, accusing the Moroccan diplomat of actions inconsistent with his diplomatic duties. Khalid Chihane, who is temporarily standing in for the Moroccan Consul General i…

Algeria declares Moroccan diplomat 'persona non grata'

Algeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Moroccan embassy in Algiers on Thursday that it has declared Mohamed El-Sufiani, deputy chief of the Moroccan Economic Mission in Oran, "persona non grata."According to an official statement, El-Sufiani

Algeria takes aim at consular ties with Morocco, in new diversionary maneuver – The North Africa Post

Algeria has declared Morocco’s consul to Oran persona non grata without offering whatsoever explanation, in yet another diversionary tactic at a context Algiers is engulfed in diplomatic turmoil. The decision came the same day Algeria handed a five-year jail sentence to a writer who recalled that France amputated lands and attached them to current Algeria. […]

The Algerian authorities have declared persona non grata the Vice-Consul General of Morocco in Oran, Khalifa Cheikhani, ordering him to leave Algerian territory within 48 hours. The announcement, made on Thursday by the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, invokes a "suspicious behavior" without however providing details about the facts ... This article L的Algeria expels a Moroccan diplomat without credible justification appeared first on Diplom…

The interim director of the Moroccan Consulate General in Algiers, Khalid Chihani, was summoned Thursday to the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was received by Mokhtar Amine Khelif, Director General of Protocol, who notified him of the Algerian authorities' decision to declare the Moroccan Vice-Consul General in Oran persona non grata, according to a press release from the ministry.