Moroccan Ambassador to Egypt Mohammed Saad Alami has reportedly returned to his country amid rising tensions between Rabat and Cairo.

Tensions between the two Arab capitals intensified in recent days after two Moroccan state TVs broadcast a program criticizing the Egyptian government.

In the program, former Egyptian army leader and current President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was called “the coup leader,” while former President Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted in July 2013, was named the country’s “democratically-elected president.”

It was the first time for Moroccan state media to describe the Egyptian army’s ouster of Morsi as a “coup.”

Earlier, a visit by an Egyptian delegation to Algeria to attend an international conference in support of Moroccan secessionist group Polisario Front angered Rabat.

The Polisario Front wants a referendum on full independence in Western Sahara, but Rabat says the phosphate-rich territory should remain under its sovereignty.

The Polisario waged a war against Moroccan forces until the United Nations (UN) brokered a ceasefire in 1991. Since then, several rounds of talks have failed to produce a deal.