Algeria According to Paris, twelve French embassy has asked to leave the North African country. The background is a dispute over three Algerians in France. «The Algerian authorities ask for twelve of our civil servants to leave the Algerian territory within 48 hours. This decision would be a response to the arrest of three Algerian citizens who are suspected of having committed serious crimes in French territory, »France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told TF1-LCI.
Barrot asked Algeria to forego the expulsion. “If the decision to show our civil servants will be maintained, we have no choice but to react immediately,” he said. According to the Paris Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was a one -time process since the independence of the North African country in 1962.
To the dispute between Paris And after both countries had just tried to normalize their tense relationships. Just a week ago, Barrot had traveled to Algeria for this purpose.
On Friday then in France Three Algerians who are said to have tried to carry a government -critical Algerian influencer in France. Among those arrested, an employee of the Algerian Consulate in Créteil near Paris is said to be.
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