This handout picture released by the Moroccan Royal Place on July 13, 2022, shows Morocco's King Mohammed VI (right) chairing a council of ministers accompanied by his son Prince Moulay Hassan, at the Royal Palace in the capital Rabat. (MOROCCAN ROYAL PALACE) / AFP)
RABAT – Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Saturday called for building "normal relations" between Morocco and Algeria.
"I look forward to cooperating with the Algerian presidency so that Morocco and Algeria may work hand in hand and enjoy normal relations between the two brotherly peoples," he said in a speech on the occasion of the Throne Day.
Relations between the two North African countries have been marred by several conflicts over territorial disputes
"The borders separating the two brotherly Moroccan and Algerian peoples will never stand in the way of the interaction and understanding between the two peoples," he added.
The king also asked Moroccans to preserve the brotherhood, solidarity and good neighborliness toward Algerian people.
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Relations between the two North African countries have been marred by several conflicts over territorial disputes.