Algeria has asked twelve French embassy staff to leave the country within forty eight hours.
France’s foreign minister jean-Noel Barrot who confirmed this added that it was linked to the indictment of three Algerians in France on Friday, one of whom is a consular official.
They are accused of involvement in the abduction last year of Amir Boukhors, a critic of Algeria’s government with a large audience on social media, who was reportedly granted asylum in France in twenty twenty three.
Barrot urged Algeria to “abandon” the expulsions and said France was ready to “respond immediately” if they went ahead.
