The Algerian embassy to the European Union (EU) assured on Friday that trade exchanges with Spain have not been suspended and that the country’s gas supply is not in danger.
Brahim Ghali’s lawyer, Manuel Ollé, has asked the National High Court to provide him with the two reports from the Spanish intelligence services (CNI) from May and June 2021, in which it is allegedly indicated that the complaints filed against the Sahrawi leader for alleged crimes of torture and kidnapping come from Moroccan intelligence services.
The Ministry of the Interior will investigate the presence of a separatist from the "Polisario Front" who was part of a Spanish delegation and participated in an official activity organized by the Tetouan municipal council.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, assured that the Spanish government will give a "serene but firm" response to Algeria, which has decided to suspend its trade relations and the treaty of friendship with Spain, in reaction to the change of position on the Sahara.
National police and Mossos d’Esquadra agents arrested in Vespella de Gaia (Tarragona) a 38-year-old Moroccan, radicalized and pro-ISIS, accused of jihadist indoctrination.
The European Commission has demanded that Algeria reverse its decision to suspend the friendship treaty with Spain, which it considers "extremely worrying".
The Civil Guard arrested this Thursday in Madrid a 21-year-old Dominican man for his alleged link to a drug trafficking network that tried to kill a Moroccan, a member of another network.
The Algerian Special Envoy, in charge of the Western Sahara issue and the Maghreb countries, Amar Belani, stated on Wednesday that Morocco continues to wage a "dirty war" on neighboring countries, in violation of "international conventions and virtuous practices governing interstate relations".
A Moroccan, wanted by Interpol for ill-treatment, theft, sexual assault and threats in Morocco, was arrested in Bilbao (Basque Country), during a joint operation carried out by the national police and the local police.
The Polisario Front’s delegate in Spain, Abdullah Arabi, welcomed Algeria’s suspension of the 2002 friendship and cooperation treaty with Spain. Another decision by Algeria aimed at "punishing" Spain after its change of position on the Sahara.
The Civil Guard and the Spanish police have dismantled two major cocaine and hashish trafficking networks from Tangier, Morocco, on the Andalusian coast. The drugs were hidden in tomato shipments. In total, 13 tons of hashish and 16 tons of cocaine were seized.
The Spanish authorities have reacted to the announcement by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to end the "friendship" and cooperation treaty between the two countries.