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Updated: June 21, 2022

Algeria Suspends Tourism Ties With Spain

By Quadri Adejumo
June 21, 2022
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Algeria suspended all tourism ties with Spain on Monday in a new escalation of tension between the two countries.

The Anadolu News Agency reported that a document dated 19 June by the Algerian Tourism Ministry asked all tour operators to immediately suspend tourism relations with Spain.

The document said the suspension was part of Algeria's decision to suspend a friendship treaty with Spain.

The North African country's banking association, ABEF, also ordered all banks to freeze bank operations related to trade with Spain.

The escalation came after the Spanish government shifted its position on the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Spain had previously supported Western Sahara's independence.

However, after tensions with Morocco, the government was persuaded to accept the position that Western Sahara should be an autonomous region with Morocco.