TUNIS (Reuters) – Algeria has decided to withdraw its ambassador from France, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after France recognised a plan for autonomy for the Western Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty as the only way of resolving a long-running dispute. Algeria took similar measures against Madrid when Spain backed Morocco’s autonomy plan in […]
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Algeria to withdraw its ambassador from France, foreign ministry says
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TUNIS (Reuters) – Algeria has decided to withdraw its ambassador from France, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after France recognised a plan for autonomy for the Western Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty as the only way of resolving a long-running dispute.
Algeria took similar measures against Madrid when Spain backed Morocco’s autonomy plan in 2022.
(Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by Alex Richardson)