Algeria on Wednesday suspended a two-decades-long cooperation agreement with Spain, after Spain shifted its Western Sahara position in favor of Morocco.
Algeria has decided to proceed with “the immediate suspension of the Treaty of friendship, good neighborliness, and cooperation which it concluded on October 8, 2002 with the Kingdom of Spain and which governed until here the development of relations between the two countries,” said the Algerian presidency in a statement.
It blamed Spain for failing to adhere to its ” legal, moral and political obligations”, as a former colonizing, and current regional power.
The cooperation treaty provided for the strengthening of political dialogue between the two countries in the fields of economy, finance, education, and defense.
Spain said it regretted the announcement of the Algerian presidency.
Spain considers the Moroccan autonomy initiative, presented in 2007, as “the most serious, realistic and credible basis for resolving the dispute over the Sahara”.
Pedro Sanchez wrote in a letter sent to King Mohammed VI of Spain’s understanding of “the importance of the Sahara issue for Morocco as well as Morocco’s serious and credible efforts within the framework of the United Nations to find a mutually acceptable solution”.
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