Algeria to expel 12 officials from the French embassy
The Foreign Minister in France said that Algeria asked 12 employees of the French embassy to leave the country within 48 hours.
Jean -Nawil Barrot added that he was associated with accusing three Algerians in France on Friday, one of whom is a consular official.
They are accused of participating in the kidnapping last year from the Prince of Boukhur, 41 years old, and is an explicit critic of the Algerian government with an audience of more than a million people online. According to what was reported, asylum was granted in France in 2023.
Barrut urged Algeria to “abandon” the expulsion and said that France was ready “to respond immediately” if they advance.
Unprecedented for the French authorities arrested an employee from the Algerian consulate, and the repercussions have regained recent attempts to improve relations between the two countries.
It also refers to a struggle for power in French politics, where some right -wing politicians accuse Algeria, and Interior Minister Bruno Retario recently threatens to resign unless President Emmanuel Macron supports a more difficult approach.
Bukhores, also known as Amir Dies, has lived in France since 2016.
He was kidnapped in April 2024 in the southern suburbs of Paris and released the next day, according to his lawyer Eric Bluvir.
“The subject of two serious attacks, one in 2022 and another on the evening of April 29, 2024.”
French media reported that he was forced to enter a car with a flashing light by “fake police officers”, and then released the next day in Woodland without explanation.
The Algerian authorities accuse the influencer of “a sabotage linked to terrorist groups.” North Africa has issued nine international arrest orders against him, accusing him of fraud and associations with terrorist organizations.
He denies these allegations. In 2022, French courts rejected attempts to surrender to Algeria.
This issue is the latest in an increasing number of accidents that exacerbated France and Algeria.
It includes arrest and imprisonment in Algeria, the French author, the style Boualem SansalHe was accused of undermining the regional safety of Algeria.
Algeria summoned its ambassador from Paris last year after France supported the claim of Morocco To the disputed western screaming area.
A diplomatic source told Agence France Book
On Monday, Barrot said: “I am asking the Algerian authorities to give up these expense measures … If the decision to send our officials is preserved, we will have no other option except to respond immediately.”
Barrot claimed that the expulsion was in response to the accusation of three Algerian citizens on Friday in Paris – including the consular official – on charges of kidnapping, arbitrary detention, illegal imprisonment and participation in a terrorist organization.
The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it summoned the French Ambassador Stephen Romant in response to “expressing her strong protest” and called for the immediate release of the official, according to the official partial news agency.
He added that the individual “was arrested in public places and then detained it without notification through diplomatic channels.”
The ministry claimed that this step “was not a coincidence, as was happening in a very specific context with the aim of strengthening the process of re -launching bilateral relations.”
Temporary steps were taken to reform relations between the two countries through a phone call between French President Emmanuel Macron and President Abdel Habidjid Tibon in March.
“The presidents had a long and explicit exchange of Woody on the state of bilateral relations and tensions that have accumulated in recent months,” said in a joint statement.
After an official visit to Algeria on April 6, where he met with Tebboune, Barrot said he hoped for a “new stage” in relations.
