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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco Recalls Tunisia Ambassador after Saied Receives Polisario Chief

Tunisia's President Kais Saied welcomes the head of the Polisario Front movement Brahim Ghali, upon his arrival in Tunis, Tunisia August 26, 2022. (Tunisian Presidency/Handout via Reuters)

Morocco recalled its ambassador to Tunisia on Friday after Tunisian President Kais Saied received the head of the Polisario Front movement that is seeking independence for Western Sahara, a territory Morocco regards as its own.

Morocco said Tunisia's decision to invite Brahim Ghali to a Japanese development summit for Africa that Tunis is hosting this weekend was "a grave and unprecedented act that deeply hurts the feelings of the Moroccan people".

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