Algeria assures that it maintains its commitments to the EU and accuses Spain of "unfortunate intrusion"

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The Algerian Foreign Ministry said this Saturday that the decision to suspend the Treaty of Friendship with Spain is due to

and disassociated it from its commercial commitments with the

.

"Algeria also rejects, as fanciful and malicious, the insinuations and questions related to the issue of Spain's gas supply," declared the head of Foreign Affairs,

, before the accusation by the EU of a violation of community agreements .

"The alleged suspension of trade and investment relations with Spain, contained in said official declarations of the European Union, is invoked hastily without any foundation, and the authorities of the

do not have in this case any legal basis to establish their competence in matter," Foreign Affairs said.

The North African country, in the midst of a diplomatic crisis due to Spain's turn on

, stressed that the EU's statements are "hasty and unfounded" and defended the suspension of the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborhood and Cooperation as a "precautionary measure" with Spain that he announced on Wednesday.

"The haste and bias of these (EU) declarations highlight the inadequacy of their content, being a political disagreement with a European country (Spain) of a bilateral nature without impact on Algeria's commitment to the European Union," he alleged on the suspension of the treaty and the freezing of direct debits that will affect commercial relations.

"(...) It responds to legitimate considerations, which refer essentially to the fact that the partner has released itself from the essential obligations and values ​​enshrined in this Treaty, thus assuming the responsibility of emptying this legal instrument (the Treaty) of its substance," he added.

Algeria considered that it has been an

"to the detriment of the preservation of the well-understood interests of the European Union, within which Algeria has the honor of having many reliable and responsible friends and partners."

Algeria stressed that it has always fulfilled "its commitments within the framework of its

to legitimately promote all relevant aspects of this framework, in transparency, despite the asymmetric nature of the two parties' trade structure." he declared.

Algeria suspended the Treaty of Friendship and direct debits for foreign trade on Wednesday due to Spain's support for the Moroccan proposal for autonomy over Western Sahara, although it assured that it will guarantee the supply of gas to Spain and that the economic measure does not imply a termination of business relations.

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