After Macron’s message to the Moroccan Monarch.. Algeria withdraws its Ambassador to France

Algeria has decided to withdraw its ambassador to France, immediately, after the French government recognized the Moroccan plan for autonomy as the sole basis for resolving the Western Sahara conflict within the framework of the alleged Moroccan sovereignty.
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “The French government has declared its absolute and explicit support for the colonial reality imposed by force in the Western Sahara region. This step, which no previous French government has taken, has been taken by the current government with great disdain and recklessness without any insightful assessment of the consequences that result from it.”

The statement stressed that “by recognizing the Moroccan plan for autonomy as the sole basis for resolving the Western Sahara conflict within the framework of alleged Moroccan sovereignty, the French government violates international legitimacy, denies the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination, and contradicts all the tireless and persistent efforts made by the United Nations to complete the process of decolonization in Western Sahara, in addition to evading the special responsibilities that arise from its permanent membership in the UN Security Council.”
As a result, “the Algerian government decided to withdraw its ambassador to the French Republic with immediate effect, and that the responsibility for Algerian diplomatic representation in France will henceforth be assumed by a chargé d’affaires.”