Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, speaks during the start of his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on March 30, 2022, at El-Mouradia Palace, the president's official residence in the capital Algiers. - Washington's top diplomat arrived in Algeria, a Russian ally and major gas producer that has faced calls to boost exports to Europe after prices soared following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Blinken touched down at Boumediene Airport and headed to meet Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra on his first visit as US Secretary of State to the North African country. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / POOL / AFP)
Algeria has suspended a “treaty of friendship and cooperation”, which provided for the strengthening of political dialogue between Spain and Algeria and the development of cooperation in fields like economy, & education concluded in 2002.
The announcement was made at the end of a meeting of the Algerian High Security Council chaired by President Tebboune.
Spain regretted Algiers’ decision, adding it “considers Algeria a friend” and remained open “to develop the special relationship of cooperation between the two countries”.
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