Algeria summons French ambassador following treatment of citizens at Paris airports
Algeria's Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador, Stephane Romatet, on Tuesday to protest the "provocative" and
Lawmakers from both chambers of the North African nation’s parliament on Monday condemned the European governing body for a resolution criticizing the arrest of French Algerian writer Boualem Sansal. Sansal, an outspoken critic of the Algerian regime was arrested last November. It comes at a time when tensions between Algeria and France have escalated considerably. Algerian lawmakers accused the European Parliament of political inference and “harming the image of Algeria.”
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