Algerian authorities have expelled two French intelligence agents on Sunday due to entering the country with false diplomatic passports, which further worsens the already tense relationship between Algeria and France.
According to state television Algeria International TV, two agents worked for the Directorate for Internal Safety of the French Ministry of the Interior, and in Algeria entered without respecting the prescribed legal procedures. The incident is described as a maneuver that was allegedly organized by French interior minister Bruno Retailleau.
French authorities did not give an official comment on the occasion of the expulsion.
This event comes just a few weeks after Algeria expelled 12 French Embassy Officials. This move was a reaction to the arrest of Algerian Consular Employees in Paris, suspected of involvement in the abduction of Algerian opposition.
France responded by expelling 12 Algerian diplomats and withdrawing his ambassador to consultations.
These mutual measures followed the short-term taxation of tensions at the end of March, when the presidents of Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Emmanuel Macron talked on the phone and agreed on the continuation of bilateral cooperation. An optimistic tone continued to visit the French State Minister for Europe Jean-Night Barrot Algeria 6. April.
However, diplomatic relations remain fragile, burdened by the historic burden of the French colonization of Algeria, which lasted from 1830. to 1962. years.
(Vijesti.ba)
