Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with UAE
dpa/agenciesAlgiersAlgeria on Thursday announced it is severing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), following months of tension between the two Arab countries.The...
On Thursday, Algeria abruptly ended diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), citing numerous provocations by their Gulf neighbor. The North African country had been warning the UAE against its "regrettable and unjustified" actions, but Algeria claimed it had exhausted all options to maintain ties. The decision comes after years of growing tensions, including Algeria's disapproval of the UAE's normalization of relations with Israel in 2020 and suspicion of UAE involvement in neighboring countries like Niger, Mali, and Libya.
Additionally, Algeria accused the UAE of meddling in its internal affairs, prompting the termination of an air agreement signed in 2013. The two nations are also on opposite sides of the long-standing Western Sahara conflict, with the UAE backing Morocco's sovereignty claim and Algeria supporting the Polisario Front's push for an independent Western Sahara.
Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has frequently referred to the UAE as a "micro-state" or "statelet" attempting to destabilize countries in the region.
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