Morocco said, Monday, King Mohammed VI, will not attend the annual Arab Summit, due to begin on Tuesday in neighbouring Algeria, Anadolu News Agency reports. Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, did not provide any reasons for the Monarch's absence from the two-day Summit. "The Moroccan King has given instructions to our delegation to continue their constructive work in spite of his absence," Bourita told the Saudi channel, Al-Arabiya. Tension reignited between the two North African countries on Saturday, after a state Algerian channel used a map seen as "wrong" by Morocco during an Arab ministerial meeting to prepare for the Summit. The Algerian channel called the use of the map a "technical error" and apologised. Bourita, however, said the Algerian clarification "was […]
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