Algeria ends the loan of property at the French Embassy

Algiers announced. Therefore, Thursday, August 7, the end of the loan of property granted for decades to the French Embassy in Algeria and a revision of the leases contracted for other French institutions on Algerian territory.

The French manager in Algiers. Moreover, summoned to the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was informed of “The decision of the Algerian algeria ends loan property french authorities to end the provision, free of charge, of real estate belonging to the Algerian State for the benefit of the French Embassy in Algeria”said said ministry in a statement. Similarly, A verbal note transmitted by Algiers to Paris also announces “The re -examination of the leases. considerably advantageous, contracted by the embassy” With public real estate establishments in Algeria, for example to host French institutes or consulates in the country.

The ministry invited “The French party to dispatch a delegation to Algiers to start discussions on this. subject”according to the press release.

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According to a dispatch from Algeria Press Service (APS) dating from March. France rents at very advantageous prices 61 goods in Algeria, including 18 hectares for the French Embassy and 4 hectares for the ambassador’s residence in Algiers. Also according to APS. the rent for the embassy is “Insignifying” and that of the residence called “Les Oliviers” was of a “Symbolic franc” et “Unchanged between 1962 and August 2023”. “Algerian diplomatic representation in France does not benefit from any advantage of this same nature, According to Algiers. Consequently, the Algerian action thus decided aims to introduce balance and reciprocity into the global Algerian-French relationship. »»

Relations between Paris and Algiers have been at its lowest since July 2024. The crisis was marked by expulsions of diplomats. officials on both sides and by a freezing of all official cooperation.