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Algeria to maintain gas supplies to Spain despite dispute

Algeria's announcement concerning the immediate suspension of the treaty of friendship and good neighborliness concluded with Spain in October 2002, after Madrid’s radical change of position on the Western Sahara issue on March 18, will not have negative consequences on gas contracts signed by the two countries.
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune speaks.

The ongoing political crisis between Algeria and Spain has directly impacted economic and trade relations between the two countries.

On June 8, Algiers announced the immediate suspension of the treaty of friendship and good neighborliness concluded with Spain in October 2002 after Madrid’s radical change of position on the Western Sahara issue on March 18.

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