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Algeria suspended a treaty of friendship and cooperation concluded in 2002 with Spain over the former’s stand on Western Sahara. Algerian President Tebboune announced the decision after a meeting of the Algerian High-Security Council chaired by him
Algeria suspended a treaty of friendship and cooperation concluded in 2002 with Spain over the former’s stand on Western Sahara. Algerian President Tebboune announced the decision after a meeting of the Algerian High-Security Council chaired by him.
Spain regretted Algiers’ decision and reiterated that it considered Algeria a friend and remained open to developing a special relationship of cooperation between the two countries. The treaty was for strengthening of political dialogue between Spain and Algeria and the development of cooperation in fields including economy and education.
Recently, Madrid altered its long-standing position on Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, to back Morocco’s autonomy project for Western Sahara. Algeria called it a “violation of legal, moral and political obligations of Spain.
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The vast desert area bordering the Atlantic and Mauritania has been a hotbed of a dispute between Algeria and Morocco, each claiming control over it. Western Sahara clings to a self-determination referendum that was provided by the 1991 ceasefire agreement reached under the mediation of the UN. Morocco wants to have autonomy of the region under its sovereignty.
