Morocco has not utilized to hitch BRICS and won’t attend its forthcoming summit in Johannesburg, state news company MAP mentioned on Saturday.
Quoting an unnamed supply on the Foreign Ministry, the company mentioned there “has never been any question of responding positively to the invitation” or of “taking part in this meeting at any level whatsoever.”
“It’s a meeting organized on the basis of a unilateral initiative by the South African government,” the supply mentioned, including that “South Africa has always shown a primary hostility towards the Kingdom, and has systematically taken negative and dogmatic positions on the question of the Moroccan Sahara.”
“Pretoria has thus multiplied, both nationally and within the African Union, its notoriously malicious actions against Morocco’s higher interests,” MAP quoted the supply as saying.
Criticizing that “South African diplomacy is known for its light, improvised and unpredictable management when it comes to organizing this kind of event,” the supply mentioned South Africa has invited giant variety of international locations for no correct purpose by not consulting with different BRICS members.
Pretoria desires to “hijack” the summit “to serve a hidden agenda,” it added.
Morocco maintains bilateral relations with remainder of the BRICS members, stays dedicated to multilateralism, however has by no means formally utilized for membership, the ministry supply mentioned.
The group is manufactured from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which is internet hosting the assembly on Aug. 22-24. Its potential growth is about to be mentioned on the summit and South Africa says many international locations have expressed curiosity in becoming a member of.
South Africa’s help for the Polisario entrance, which seeks to ascertain an impartial state in Western Sahara, a territory Morocco considers as its personal, has affected relations between the 2 international locations.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
