Algeria’s rogue diplomacy at play in Japan
An Algerian diplomat has violently attacked a Moroccan counterpart at a meeting in Tokyo in preparation for the Tokyo Africa summit (TICAD).
The Moroccan diplomat has protested to organizers the presence of “a country” nameplate that was laid on the table of the meeting by a polisario agent under an Algerian diplomatic cover.
As he was alerting the meeting to the presence of the uninvited Polisario entity, the Moroccan diplomat was attacked from behind and violently laid down by an Algerian diplomat.
The so-called ‘Algerian’ diplomat was later expelled from the room and banned from attending the summit due this August 24-25.
The violent reaction speaks of the state of disarray within the Algerian regime, which made the Polisario’s separatist chimera a sacred cause.
Following the incident, Japan reiterated its position that it does not recognize the Polisario entity.
Algeria has helped the Polisario agents infiltrate the meeting by offering them its own diplomatic cover. Videos shared from the meeting show a Polisario agent as he sneaked into the room to pick an empty chair in the table, before putting in front of him a made-up country nameplate.
Algeria’s rogue diplomacy is an irrational reaction to blows it has received as it obstinately continues to defend the Polisario separatists.
The most painful blows came from global heavyweights such as the US, Spain, and France which all backed Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara territory and the autonomy plan.
Within the African Union, where 22 countries fully recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, discontent with Algeria and its Polisario proxies is growing. Last month, the African Union adopted a resolution stating that only UN-member states within the Union can attend summits with bilateral partners such as the EU, Russia, China, South Korea etc.
At the latest TICAD summit in Tunisia in 2022, Algeria pressured Tunisia into inviting the Polisario to the summit, despite opposition from Japan, triggering the worst crisis in Tunisian-Moroccan relations.
As Algeria’s diplomatic voice becomes increasingly inaudible, its diplomats resort to violence as an expression of an Algerian foreign policy in disarray.
