Martin Lagrave
04/15/2025 at 08:32
Algeria has ordered the expulsion of twelve French agents, in retaliation for the arrest of three Algerian nationals in France. Paris denounces a “regrettable” decision and threatens to reply.
France increases the tone. This Tuesday, April 16, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot described as “regrettable” the decision of Algeria to expel twelve French agents from its territory. “It will not be without consequences,” he warned on France 2.
“If Algeria chooses climbing, we will respond with the greatest firmness. “The head of diplomacy said that” France will have no choice but to take similar measures “and defended the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, implicated in Algiers:” He has nothing to do with this judicial case. »»
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This Algerian decision, announced on Monday, is said to be a direct response to the recent arrest of three Algerian nationals, indicted in Paris for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of an opponent of the regime, the influencer Amir Boukhors, alias Amir Dz.
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Briefly removed in April
Political refugee in France since 2023, man is a very followed figure on social networks and a declared target of Algerian power, which issued nine arrest mandates against him. He had been briefly removed in April 2024 in the Paris region before being released the next day.
Among the three arrested suspects is an agent of a consulate in Algeria in France. All three were placed in pre -trial detention, in particular for “abduction” and “association of criminal terrorist criminals”.
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Algiers denounced an “unacceptable judicial cabal” based on “unfounded indices”, such as the location of the telephone of one of the suspects near the home of Amir Dz. The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has castigated a decision “which will cause great damage to Algerian-French relations”.
This new episode of tension is barely a week after President Emmanuel Macron and his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune spoke of a “new phase” in bilateral relations. She now threatens to shatter the fragile diplomatic warming between the two countries.
