Algeria resumes trade exchanges with Spain

Algeria resumes trade exchanges with Spain

North African country froze export, import operations last month over Madrid's stance on disputed Sahara region

By Abd al-Razzaq bin Abdullah

ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria resumed commercial operations with Spain after Algerian Banks Association announced the suspension of a decision that had frozen trade exchanges with Spain.

Banking institutions operating in Algeria received late Thursday a new directive stating that the decision to "stop any commercial operations with Madrid" has ended.

According to the document, the new decision came "after an evaluation of the previous decision and consultations with relevant actors in the field of foreign trade."

The Spanish newspaper El Pais on Friday quoted a European diplomat in Algeria as saying that the decision will allow Spanish companies to resume export to Algeria.

On June 9, the Algerian Banks Association issued directives to financial institutions to "freeze export and import operations to and from Spain and stop any bank domiciliation to conduct commercial operations with Madrid."

The decision came hours after the Algerian presidency announced the suspension of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with Spain signed on Oct. 8, 2002.

The Algerian move came in response to statements by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in which he reiterated his adherence to Morocco's decision of autonomy in the disputed Sahara region.

Algerian and Spanish media wrote that the decision had caused complete commercial paralysis between the two countries, except for gas exports.

According to figures from the Spanish Foreign Trade Institute, Spain's exports to Algeria in 2020 amounted to over $2.1 billion, while imports amounted to over $2.7 billion.


* Ikram Imane Kouachi in Ankara contributed to this report

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