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 www.moroccoworldnews.com, 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.