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- 12 French agents were declared on Sunday Non Grata by Algeria in response to the arrest in France of an Algerian consular agent. Read the article
- In response, Emmanuel Macron decided today to expel twelve Algerian agents and remember for consultations to the French ambassador to Algiers. Read the article
- France accuses Algeria of assuming “responsibility for sudden degradation” of bilateral relations.
For Retilleau, Algeria “at the foot of the wall” has two options: “climbing” or “dialogue”
CNEWS’s guest, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, believes Algeria “is at the foot of the wall.”
“She has two options: the choice of climbing or the choice of dialogue,” calling Algiers to “respect the 1994 agreements” and repatriation “in their soil” of Algerians expelled by France.
Bruno Retailleau recalled that “the objective” of France was “the liberation of Boalem Sansal”, a Franco-Algerio writer imprisoned in Algeria for five months.
Retilleau Judges “Really unacceptable” that “France is a recreation courtyard for Algerian services”
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau plays for “unacceptable” “” really unacceptable “that” France is a recreation patio for Algerian services. “
Therefore, he judges the “appropriate” decision of Emmanuel Macron to expel the twelve Algerian agents in response to the expulsion of Algiers from French agents.
“I do not give any country the right to humiliate France,” added the minister recognizing “stormy and tumultuous history” between Paris and Algiers.
The deputy of RN, Jean-Philippe Tanguy, denounces a “completely illegible policy”
After Emmanuel Macron’s decision to expel twelve Algerian agents, the deputy of RN, Jean-Philippe Tanguy, denounces BFMTV “a completely illegible policy.”
“I can’t understand, read what is happening between Paris and Algiers,” he said he emphasized the recent diplomatic warming and tensions escalation. “Now, it is even worse than two weeks ago (…) the great reconciliation has not given anything.”
France accuses Algeria of assuming “responsibility for sudden degradation” of bilateral relations
“The Algerian authorities assume the responsibility of a sudden degradation of our bilateral relations,” the French presidency said in a statement, while calling Algiers to “show responsibility” to “recover dialogue.”
In its press release, the Elysée expresses its “dismay” after this new cold sudden blow that arrives fifteen days after a call between President Macron and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune, which is supposed to relate the relations after months of crisis.
The expulsion of the twelve French agents “ignores the basic rules of our legal procedures” and “is unjustified and incomprehensible,” said the French presidency
Expulsion of twelve French agents from Algeria: Jean-Noël Barrot declares that France “replied as announced”
Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, who had personally gone to Algiers in early April, deplores in X that the Algerian authorities chose “climbing.”
“We respond as announced. In response to its unjustified and incomprehensible decision, we expel 12 Algerian agents and remember our consultation ambassador,” he confirms in X.
“The dialogue, always, but not a single way,” adds the minister.
The 12 French agents expelled Algeria on the way to France
A diplomatic source tells BFMTV that the 12 French agents expelled by Algeria go to France.
Elysée announces the expulsion of twelve Algerian agents and the withdrawal of its ambassador
Hello and welcome to this live dedicated to the climb of tensions between France and Algeria. Before Algeria’s decision to expel twelve French agents this Sunday, in response to the arrest of an Algerian consular agent, Elysée has in turn announced twelve Algerian agents, and remembers her ambassador.
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