Turkey withdraws its ambassador from Morocco, because of the issue of Western Sahara and Algerian relations – the Algerian dialogue

The Turkish authorities withdrew their accredited ambassador to Rabat, Omar Farouk Dogan, after distorting his statements on Algerian-Moroccan relations, as well as the Sahrawi issue, by Moroccan media outlets that took advantage of his foreign language weakness, to involve him in the Algerian-Moroccan crisis and the Makhzen regime’s conflict with the Sahrawi people.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Ambassador Omar Farouk Dogan, shortly after his appointment to the head of Turkish diplomacy in Rabat, and the decision to withdraw the Turkish ambassador came a few days after a report issued by him during the month of April, which revealed the failure of the ambassador in his diplomatic duties, due to the large number of his exits and media statements that drove out Ankara. From the circle of neutrality regarding the Algerian-Moroccan crisis and the dispute of the Makhzen regime with the Sahrawi Republic.

Turkish media revealed that Ankara withdrew its accredited ambassador to Morocco, due to his poor diplomatic performance, and monitored several diplomatic mistakes for him, according to a report on the Turkish Foreign Ministry, the latest of which was his statements on the issue of Western Sahara and Moroccan-Algerian relations, which some considered to be the subject of political manipulation and distortion by Moroccan media. , which exploited his statements politically and involved the diplomatic official and Turkey in the Moroccan-Sahrawi dispute.

The Moroccan authorities did not find any justification to cover up the embarrassment in which they found themselves, given that the decision of the Turkish authorities to recall their ambassador to Rabat confirms the isolation of the Makhzen with regard to Western Sahara, except for the claim, several months after the appointment of the dismissed ambassador, that they were not satisfied with the Turkish ambassador, under the pretext That his installation was political and that he is close to the government of the Justice and Development Party, which has an Islamic orientation.

And media sources confirmed that Ankara had previously reprimanded the Turkish ambassador in Rabat, and warned him several times against delving into the problem of Western Sahara in the future, but he did not abide by that, especially since he is considered the only Turkish diplomat who engages in issues that contradict his country’s well-known policy, as Turkey is considered one of the rejecting countries. For the proposal of autonomy in the territory of Western Sahara, and this is in line with the United Nations view of the conflict.