Algerian Senate “suspends relations” with French Senate

By Le Figaro with AFP

Published on February 26 at 7:14 p.m. , updated on February 26 at 7:14 p.m.

The French Senate. HJBC / stock.adobe.com

The Council of the Nation took this decision to protest against Gérard Larcher's visit to Western Sahara, a territory over which Algiers claims sovereignty against that of Morocco.

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The Council of the Nation, the equivalent of the Senate in Algeria, announced on Wednesday the "suspension of its relations" with the French Senate, to protest against a recent visit by its president Gérard Larcher to Western Sahara, a territory where Algeria supports the Polisario separatists against Morocco.

Denouncing an "irresponsible, provocative and ostentatious visit, the office of the Council of the Nation, under the presidency of Salah Goudjil, announces the immediate suspension of its relations with the Senate of the French Republic, including the parliamentary cooperation protocol signed on September 8, 2015," said the Council of the Nation in a press release.

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