{"id":13972,"date":"2025-09-19T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=13972"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:30:25","slug":"algeria-rejects-malis-deceptive-maneuver-before-the-international-court-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=13972","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Rejects Mali\u2019s \u201cDeceptive Maneuver\u201d Before the International Court of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Algiers \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">dzwatch.dz<\/a><\/strong><br>Algeria has firmly rejected what it described as a <strong>\u201cblatant maneuver\u201d<\/strong> by Mali before the <strong>International Court of Justice (ICJ)<\/strong>, following Bamako\u2019s decision to submit a request on September 16, 2025\u2014after initially denying such an attempt earlier in the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the <strong>Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/strong> highlighted the contradiction in Mali\u2019s position, pointing out that the ruling military junta in Bamako\u2014responsible for undermining constitutional order in its own country\u2014now claims to seek justice under international law while ignoring it domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Algeria Condemns \u201cCynical Exploitation\u201d of the ICJ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry emphasized that the Malian authorities, who have led their country into a <strong>political, economic, and security disaster<\/strong>, are attempting to shift blame for their failures by exploiting the ICJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that this approach aims to misuse a respected UN judicial body in a desperate attempt to find a scapegoat for the tragedy they have inflicted upon brotherly Mali,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Algeria denounced the move as <strong>outrageous and unworthy<\/strong>, reiterating its <strong>deep respect for international law<\/strong> and for the ICJ, while stressing its duty to ensure that the Court is not turned into a platform for baseless political theatrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Firm Position at the International Level<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement concluded by affirming that Algeria will formally notify the ICJ of its rejection of Mali\u2019s maneuver in due course, leaving no room for misinterpretation regarding its position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more updates on Algeria\u2019s foreign policy and regional diplomacy, visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">dzwatch.dz<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers \u2013 dzwatch.dzAlgeria has firmly rejected what it described as a \u201cblatant maneuver\u201d by Mali before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), following Bamako\u2019s decision to submit a request on September 16, 2025\u2014after initially denying such an attempt earlier in the month. In a statement, the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighted the contradiction in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13974,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13972\/revisions\/13974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}