Earthquakes go hand in hand with tectonic plates, and also with geopolitical plates.
Of all the aid offers received by Morocco, the most significant is that of Algeria. Due to deep political disagreements, the land borders between the two countries have been closed since 1994, and in 2021 Algeria closed its airspace to Moroccan aviation.
On Saturday, to facilitate the arrival of international aid, Algeria announced the opening of its airspace to humanitarian flights to Morocco, a decision that the Arab League itself praised yesterday.
And Algeria has shown itself willing to “urgently” send a large rescue team. "Within the framework of the logistical and emergency material aid that our country is willing to provide to the brother Moroccan people to face the consequences of the powerful earthquake, Algeria offers an emergency deployment, in the event that the kingdom of Morocco accepts this offer of assistance, from a Civil Protection intervention team made up of eighty specialized first responders,” said the spokesperson for the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This intervention team is made up of a canine team specialized in searching and identifying people under the rubble, a rescue and search team, a medical team, as well as humanitarian first aid aid, which includes tents, cots and blankets. .
The teams that Algeria sent to Turkey last February after that earthquake successfully contributed to the rescue operations and received international recognition.
“I salute Algeria's genuine position in standing alongside Morocco in the earthquake disaster (...) this is the Arab spirit of solidarity, which we are pleased to see prevail among brothers,” said the secretary general of the Arab League yesterday. , Ahmed Abulgueit.
“Perhaps a reconciliation can be built on this later,” he added.
Algeria's aid proposal – like those from France or the US – awaited a response from Morocco yesterday.
