Morocco rejects Iranian accusations

The Kingdom of Morocco has expressed its anger at the report published a few days ago by Iranian Fars news agency accusing Morocco of executing an “Israeli agenda”. The report was entitled “Morocco prisoner to Zionist policies”.

The official spokesman for the Moroccan government, Mustapha El Khalfi, stated yesterday that “Rabat strongly rejects any abuse directed at the Kingdom, regardless of its source,” stressing that “regardless of the intentions and pretexts for the abuses directed at the country, they are rejected and unacceptable and must be condemned.”

El Khalfi also added that, “Morocco is a sovereign, free, independent country that exercises its policies and sovereignty in accordance with the constitution that frames the state and is not subject to the dictations of any other party.” He noted that “just as Morocco does not interfere in the internal affairs of any country, it firmly refuses to allow any other party to interfere in its affairs.”

The report was published by Fars, the media agency of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, one day after King Mohammed VI of Morocco hosted several foreign ambassadors appointed to work in the diplomatic sector in Rabat. These ministers included the new Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Taqi Moayyed, marking the thawing of relations between the two countries that’s have been icy since 2009.