Rabat- King Mohammed VI and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia held a phone conversation on Thursday to discuss Morocco’s recent decision to cut ties with Iran.
During their discussion, the Saudi King reiterated his country’s full support for Morocco and the kingdom’s security, stability, and territorial integrity, reported the Saudi Press Agency.
The Saudi King’s statement came just three days after Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to sever ties with Iran on May 1, regarding Iranian involvement in delivering military equipment to the Polisario Front and training the militias of the separatist group.
Morocco received the official support of Saudi Arabia and its coalition, and their condemnation of Iran’s interference in Moroccan domestic affairs, on Wednesday.
The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the existence of detailed evidence connecting Iran, Hezbollah, and the separatist group, on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir, wrote on his Twitter on Tuesday that Iran “is destabilizing the security of Arab and Islamic countries by igniting sectarianism, interfering in their internal affairs, and supporting terrorism.”
He added that what Iran has done to Morocco through its alliance with Hezbollah is the “best proof of that.”
Morocco’s announced its decision to cut ties nine days after the adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolution 2414, which urges Polisario to withdraw from the Guerguerat buffer zone and to stop their illegal maneuvers in Western Sahara, as the Security Council deems the maneuvers an attempt to destabilize the security of the region.
With both parties denying their prior cooperation, Morocco has announced documented evidence proving the Hezbollah-Polisario connection.
In an attempt to shrink its responsibility in the issue, Algeria–Polisario’s main backer–summoned the Moroccan ambassador on Wednesday to condemn comments by Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, that accuse Hezbollah of providing military training and weapons to the separatist group through Algeria.
Morocco slammed the declaration, reframing the public condemnation in terms of Algerian embarrassment over the repeated instances documenting Algeria-Polisario collusion, despite the country’s attempts to distance itself from the regional conflict over Western Sahara.
Morocco has been calling on the United Nations and the Security Council to urge Algeria to cooperate in the conflict.
