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Libya, Morocco
Mohammed VI has plans for his own Libya forum in Bouznika

King Mohammed VI of Morocco. © Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Morocco's foreign minister Nasser Bourita is banking on the stalled UN process and failure of the Berlin conference in June to take the lead on resolving the Libyan conflict. This would allow Rabat to kill two birds with one stone by overtaking its arch-rival Algeria and taunting its diplomatic foe Germany. [...]

Published on 16/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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