RABAT, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Morocco has summoned its ambassador to Algeria following Algerian foreign minister's remarks concerning Morocco's African policy, Morocco's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
The foreign ministry said it also summoned Algeria's charge d'affaires in Rabat on Friday after the remarks made by Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel.
Morocco's moves come after the Algerian foreign minister accused the kingdom's banks of "laundering hashish money" in Africa and the kingdom's flag carrier of transporting "more than just passengers."
Messahel made the comments at a meeting of business leaders in Algiers on Friday, excerpts of which were widely circulated on social media.
Morocco's Foreign Ministry said Messahel's comments displayed a "level of irresponsibility unprecedented in the history of bilateral relations."
They "testify to a deep and inexplicable ignorance of the basic workings of the banking system and civil aviation," it added.
The North African neighbors have been at loggerheads for decades over Western Sahara, a territory disputed between Morocco and Algeria-backed independence movement, the Polisario Front.
They have frequent diplomatic rows and their land border has been closed since 1994.
