Moroccan media outlets have attacked Egypt for allowing a delegation from the separatist Polisario Front to take part in the joint Arab-African parliamentary conference in Sharm el-Sheikh last week. Hespress Moroccan news website described the step as "provocative" and a further indication of Egypt's mysterious behavior under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. However, a senior source with the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said his country would not respond to what he called "unrealistic newspaper talk". According to the same source, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry denied in a phone call with his Moroccan counterpart that Egypt had invited the Polisario delegation to Sharm el-Sheikh for the event. A five-member Polisario delegation participated in celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Egyptian parliament, which coincided with a joint session of the Arab Parliamentary Union and the African Parliamentary Union, a Polisario source told Al-Masry Al-Youm.

Source: Egypt Independent October 18, 2016 09:45 UTC