Barely appointed head of Foreign Affairs, Ramtane Lamamra took advantage of the handover ceremony with his predecessor, Sabri Boukadoum, to set out the diplomatic priorities of his department.
The new head of Algerian diplomacy focused on the Libyan crisis and Palestine. And just brushed off the question of Western Sahara, not without scratching Morocco.
Algeria’s foreign ministry has a new boss. This is Ramtane Lamamra, who has just succeeded Sabri Boukadoum. The new head of Algerian diplomacy, who took office yesterday Thursday, lingered on the Libyan crisis and Palestine. On the other hand, on the question of Western Sahara, he was not very talkative. He only approached the territorial dispute when he summed up the obstacles to North African construction.
“The existing conflicts, in this case, that of Western Sahara and the Libyan crisis, influence the action of unification of the ranks and the leap towards integration and unity expected”, underlined Ramtane Lamamra. But, he also sent indirect messages to Morocco. In particular, he called on “all parties in the Maghreb region” to stop “fomenting crises”, “to impose a fait accompli” and “to show foresight, intelligence and a sense of responsibility” in order to ensure favorable conditions “for a better future for all peoples without any exclusions”.
In his speech, Ramtane Lamamra declared that his country will spare no effort for “a way out of the Libyan crisis in favor of peace, fraternity, the union of ranks and a democratic regime to which the Libyan people aspire. brother”.
