Lima snaps relations with the Polisario-run area of Western Sahara, saying it "respects" territorial integrity of Morocco, which claims the entire disputed territory and controls nearly 80 percent of it.
"We aspire to work with the Algerian presidency so that Morocco and Algeria can work hand in hand to establish normal relations between two brotherly peoples," says Mohammed VI.
Algeria warns it would terminate gas supplies to Spain if Madrid re-exported it to Morocco, a neighbour with which it is locked in a dispute over the Western Sahara region.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI hosts Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez in a landmark visit ending a year-long diplomatic crisis, with both sides agreeing to turn a new page in ties, says Rabat.
US sees autonomy plan as "serious, credible and realistic" to end Morocco's decades-old conflict with Polisario independence movement, says Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.
Rabat did not comment on Monday’s incident in which three Algerian truck drivers were killed on border between Mauritania and Western Sahara, with Algiers warning “barbaric strike” would “not go unpunished”.
Relations between the two countries go into a tailspin after Spain decides to help the leader of a group that Morocco has designated as terrorist.
At least 5,000 migrants reached the enclave by swimming or walking at low tide from beaches in neighbouring Morocco, says local government spokesperson.
"We ask the United Nations to urgently fulfill its promises: that of ridding Western Sahara of colonisation, in accordance with its Charter and its resolutions," Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali said in a speech at a refugee camp.
US President Biden will risk alienating Morocco, a reliable ally, if it reverses the Trump administration's deal.
The Saharawi army launched four rockets in the direction of Guerguerat along the security wall that separates Saharawi fighters from Moroccan forces in the desert territory.
The disputed territory of Western Sahara was central to a deal announced by US President Donald Trump, establishing diplomatic ties between Morocco and Israel.
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