Why Morocco’s King Refused To Talk With The Nigerian President

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has refused to talk over the phone to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria.

The move that might seem unusual was made public by an official statement of the Moroccan Foreign Ministry which explained that the Nigerian President’s request to talk to the Moroccan King was merely meant to exploit the Sovereign’s stature at the African, Arab and Islamic levels on the eve of the Presidential elections in Nigeria.

Mohammed VI did not deem it appropriate to accede to this request, said the statement released on Friday.

Moroccan diplomacy believes that the request is “related to the important forthcoming elections,” at a time the outgoing Nigerian president is candidate to a second term.

Furthermore, Rabat refuses that a phone talk at this specific time be viewed as “a rapprochement between Morocco and Nigeria, in view of this country’s standpoint on national, Arab and Muslim sacred causes.”

“The Nigerian authorities’ request is more like an attempt to appease the Muslim electorate of this country rather than a normal diplomatic approach,” said the statement.

For Morocco, all the Nigerian presidential candidate wants is to display his closeness with an Arab and Muslim Head of State on the eve of the polls.

According to press reports, the foreign department has also summoned the Nigerian Chargé d’Affaires and officially informed him about the king’s refusal to talk to President Goodluck Jonathan.

A Moroccan diplomatic source described the Nigerian presidency’s request, made few days ago, as “curious.” “This insistence to have a phone talk with the sovereign at this point in time and at a moment there is no particular schedule requiring such a conversation is quite curious,” the diplomatic source told French news agency AFP.

“Neither the fight against the terrorist Boko Haram group nor any issues of common interest seem to have dictated Jonathan’s request.”

The man has been in power for five years and he has never had an exchange with the Moroccan king, the source said, insisting that Morocco wants to avoid that an exchange with the presidential candidate be exploited politically, especially vis-à-vis the Muslim majority of Northern Nigeria.

Besides the electoral context in Nigeria- the presidential polls being slated for March 28- Moroccan authorities explain the King’s refusal by Abuja’s hostile stands on the issue of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony retrieved by Morocco in 1975 but whose independence is claimed by the Algeria-backed Polisario.

Nigeria recognized the Polisario-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic in 1984 and in late 2013, it hosted a meeting of support to the “Sahrawi cause”, during which the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had called for the establishment of an international human rights monitoring mechanism in Western Sahara.

Because of Nigeria’s continued support to the independence of Western Sahara, relations between Rabat and Abuja have therefore never been that warm and the efforts made by Morocco’s friends, particularly in West Africa, to bring the two states closer were all fruitless.

Asked whether Morocco had missed an opportunity to have Nigeria change its stand on the Western Sahara conflict, a Moroccan source said the North African country shall not accept whatever deals to glean whatever support to its national cause. “Morocco does not barter its national cause. The era of petty arrangements is well bygone,” insisted the same source.

The Western Sahara issue has been in limbo for years and the UN efforts to settle the conflict are stalled.

In 2007, Morocco proposed to grant the territory a large autonomy under its sovereignty, but the plan was rejected by the Polisario, which claims the organization of a self-determination referendum.


Source: http://www.moroccotomorrow.org/why-moroccos-king-refused-to-talk-with-the-nigerian-president/

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Lol he is just bent on been president by every means like its his fore fathers compulsory throne....


Sai Baba

Sai Buhari

For Morocco, all the Nigerian presidential candidate wants is to display his closeness with an Arab and Muslim Head of State on the eve of the polls.

This is so stale...How will it change the minds of those bent on voting Buhari...If Buhari goes to the Vatican to meet the Pope or Tibet to meet the Dalai lama; Does it mean Christians who wanted to vote Jonathan will change their minds... No!

These people want to paint Jonathan black, But their plans won't work.

SeverusSnape:

This is so stale...How will it change the mind of those bent on voting Buhari...If Buhari goes to the Vatican to meet the Pope or Tibet to meet the Dalai lama; Does it mean Christians who wanted to vote Jonathan will change their minds... No!

If Buhari request a phone call with the pope he would gladly be accepted i can bet on that...Regardless Of his religion. Every Leaders are inlove with buhari...Which candidate aiming for an electoral position has been granted the folds of meetings and visitations buhari has been invited to? it shows the true level of CHANGE and i can feel the air already...


Sai baba

balash:



If Buhari request a phone call with the pope he would gladly be accepted i can bet on that...Regardless Of his religion. Every Leaders are inlove with buhari...Which candidate aiming for an electoral position has been granted the folds of meetings and visitations buhari has been invited to? it shows the true level of CHANGE and i can feel the air already...


Sai baba

No way, no leader would want to engage Buhari, You know why...
Tell this tale to children.

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why have you suddenly becomes violent? must you use abusive word every time? - SMH

you better CHANGE?

Nigeria respect the wish of the Moroccan king not to speak with Nigeria president.

This does not change the fact that our able president will rule Nigeria till 2019.

Finito!

Clerverly:


Mumu! 2015 is not about Christians Vs Muslims nonsense, rather Competency VS Failure!!

I only made an analogy, as the typical buhari supporter that you are, you resorted to insults. If I retaliate now, a moderator will ban me.
Nonetheless, you're a foolish Fellow.
Maclatunji please don't ban me o... He started it.

The King can smell Failure all the way from Nigeria to Morocco

King of Morocco does not want to be infected with Jonathan's cluelessness. It is good he ignored the dolt

After Nigeria's stand on the state of Palestinians, you still want those arabs to have anything to do with you? Who the heck is advising jonathan for Christ sake? Smh sha..................

Firefire:



why have you suddenly becomes violent? must you use abusive word every time? - SMH

you better CHANGE?

Nigeria respect the wish of the Moroccan king not to speak with Nigeria president.

This does not change the fact that our able president will rule Nigeria till 2019.

Finito!

What else were you expecting from a fellow that has a problem of gender identity crisis?

SeverusSnape:
No way, no leader would want to engage Buhari, You know why...
Tell this tale to children.

A 5yrs old child in your neighbourhood ask them if they were allowed to vote between goodluck and buhari who would they vote for and see the alarming response you will get. Shows alot of what CHANGE truly means

balash:




A 5yrs old child in your neighbourhood ask them if they were allowed to vote between goodluck and buhari who would they vote for and see the alarming response you will get. Shows alot of what CHANGE truly means

APC definition of ‘CHANGE’ is an error term regression

Do you GEJ fans on this thread all have comprehension 'issues' or is it that you guys are just too shameless to the point you do not even know when to remain silent? Must you guys defend what even a mad man will reject? Did you charlatans all see the part below that indicts GEJ of political desperation? The GEJ Presidency is one led by immoral folks and backed blindly by immoral supporters also.

How is the part in bold below different to how GEJ cynically allowed many Nigerians to die over 5 years only to now be mounting a battle against Boko Haram when his own private ambition of remaining President is under threat? Is there anything our Army are doing now they could not have done years ago to save the over 15,000.00 Nigerians that Boko Haram has slaughtered? As the APC concluded , GEJ is "wicked" and so also his depraved, morally bankrupt, callous and totally shameless supporters.

The man has been in power for five years and he has never had an exchange with the Moroccan king, the source said, insisting that Morocco wants to avoid that an exchange with the presidential candidate be exploited politically, especially vis-à-vis the Muslim majority of Northern Nigeria.

^^

TANoids are blind illiterates. LMAO

Firefire:


APC definition of ‘CHANGE’ is an error term regression

We not interested in anything you all says..We just want to denounce failure and cluelessness from our every day to day activities

Rubbish, why will he speak to an infidel who is not part of Islamic agenda for Nigeria and Africa?

And besides, what has Morocco got to do with persuading nigeria's muslims to vote GEJ?

Well the have valid reasons

IbnSultaan:
Well the have valid reasons

Tell me what's valid there?

balash:



We not interested in anything you all says..We just want to[b] denounce failure and cluelessness from our every day to day activities[/b]

then, start from your LG Chairman, state & fed. assembly reps., your senator and your governor. demand FULL accountability from them and your day to day activities would be better off.

balash:



If Buhari request a phone call with the pope he would gladly be accepted i can bet on that...Regardless Of his religion. Every Leaders are inlove with buhari...Which candidate aiming for an electoral position has been granted the folds of meetings and visitations buhari has been invited to? it shows the true level of CHANGE and i can feel the air already...


Sai baba

Yes Pope will agree conversation with GMB not bcs he's an angel, but bcs Pope will not discriminate the way some Muslims do against their so called Kafurs ( infidels )!!!!

kastonkastrol:
After Nigeria's stand on the state of Palestinians, you still want those arabs to have anything to do with you? Who the heck is advising jonathan for Christ sake? Smh sha..................

GEJ is a paranoid President! He doesn't trust 80% of his aides. He believes they either have 'nothing to say' or could be working for the opposition! Hence, his perennial blunders.

Make all the Muslim leaders gang up against Gej will still win!

The fools thought it was their lawless country

Jonathan's is desperate, he will not mind walking naked if it would help him win the presidency. He should be made to see a shrink who would try restoring some self esteem in him.

Being desperate is one of the worst state of mind any person can be in.