Algeria summons French ambassador over accusations of interference

ALGIERS: Algeria’s foreign ministry has summoned the French ambassador to reprimand him for what it said were efforts to destabilise the country, several Algerian media outlets reported on Sunday.

The ambassador, Stephane Romatet, was “informed of the firm disapproval of the highest Algerian authorities in the face of the numerous French provocations and hostile acts,” the government-owned daily El Moudjahid reported.

According to Le Soir d’Algerie, the Algerian officials “made a point of clearly identifying the origin of these malicious acts, the French DGSE” intelligence service.

El Moudjahid said the French spy services were seeking to recruit “former terrorists” to “destabilise” the North African country. Le Soir d’Algerie said French diplomats and agents had organised a series of meetings with people showing a “declared and permanent hostility towards Algerian institutions”.