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Morocco-Nigeria: King Mohammed VI rejects the request to hold Phone Call with Nigerian President
King Mohammed rejected a request made by Nigerian authorities to hold a phone conversation with the Nigerian President.
In a communique released on Friday, Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MAEC) said that “the request by Nigerian authorities for a phone conversation between HM King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President was refused by the Monarch who deemed it inappropriate on grounds of the upcoming elections in Nigeria.”
The Sovereign has apologized to satisfy such request which he deemed “inappropriate” on grounds that it is linked to the important elections in Nigeria and also because of Nigeria’s positions regarding the sacred national, Arab and Islamic causes, the Ministry said in a statement.
The Nigerian authorities request for the phone conversation and the sending of a Nigerian envoy to the Kingdom is more akin to an attempt to gain Muslim votes than a normal diplomatic act, added the statement.
Several observers have referred to the Moroccan monarch reaction as wise as he did allow to competed parties in Nigeria to use such invitation by Nigerian president for electoral purposes.
