Moroccan king snubs Jonathan

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has
refused to accept a phone conversation
with President Goodluck Jonathan based
on the notion that it is politically inclined.

According to
moroccoworldnews ,the
Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a
communique released on Friday, said a
request by Nigerian authorities for a
phone conversation between Mohammed
and Jonathan was refused by the
Monarch who deemed it “inappropriate
on grounds of the upcoming elections in
Nigeria.”
The king refused to accept the 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.

Nigeria is one of the allies of Algeria,
South Africa and Venezuela in defending
the Polisario with the regards to the
question of Western Sahara and has been
lobbying the United Nations and calling
for the establishment of human rights
monitoring mechanism in the territory.

Efforts to reach the Presidential
spokesman, Reuben Abati, on Saturday
failed.