With Algeria-France relations deteriorating to new lows over the past year, concerns have been raised over the future of bilateral trade ties and French assets in the North African nation.
While relations between Algiers and Paris have long been strained, they reached a new low last year when the latter officially recognized Rabat’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara (MEES, 31 January), which Morocco has occupied since the withdrawal of former colonial power Spain in 1975. (CONTINUED - 363 WORDS)
