Inauguration of Ecuador’s President: The Algerian Regime Exposes Its Chronic Confusion
Aldar / Analysis
Once again, the Algerian regime reveals its chronic confusion in handling foreign policy—this time through the complete absence of any high-level representation at the inauguration ceremony of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who was re-elected for a new term.
While less than a year ago Algeria had sent the Speaker of the National People’s Assembly to attend Noboa’s first inauguration, this time it chose to ignore the very same event, for the very same president—simply because Ecuador, in a sovereign and realistic decision, withdrew its recognition of the fictitious entity that Algeria insists on promoting internationally.
This absence was not a mere protocol oversight, but a deliberate emotional reaction that reflects how deeply Algeria’s diplomacy is tied to a single issue—as if the entire world revolves around the Polisario. For Algeria to boycott a democratically re-elected head of state simply because he no longer recognizes an entity that isn’t even acknowledged by the United Nations is evidence of political disarray and a total lack of strategic wisdom.
The absence of high-level representation can only be understood as a hasty retaliatory response from a regime that no longer has a coherent foreign vision, and is instead governed by impulsive reactions that disregard both national interests and Algeria’s image abroad.
More dangerously, this boycott underscores the Algerian regime’s persistence in isolating itself diplomatically from an international environment that is increasingly leaning toward realism and rejecting separatist projects, while Algeria remains entrenched in an outdated narrative.
Algeria’s absence from this international event is not just a silent stance—it is a clear declaration of its diplomatic failure to adapt to changing dynamics, and of its insistence on placing ideological loyalty above the nation’s higher interests.
How long will this stubbornness last, which only harms Algeria’s image and foreign relations? And when will the regime realize that the “all-or-nothing” approach has no place in the world of realpolitik?
