The relationship between the metropole France and its former colony Algeria has deteriorated
Algiers: No longer provide the French embassy with almost free leases
Algeria - President Macron of France wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot informed the Algerian authorities that "the 2013 agreement on visa exemptions for official and diplomatic passports is formally suspended." The France-Algeria crisis has caused high tension in both diplomatic circles. On the 7th, Algeria took countermeasures, no longer providing the French embassy with almost free leases.
The day after the letter, Algeria responded. Algiers announced on August 7 that it would terminate the lease of real estate almost free of charge to the French embassy in Algeria for decades, and re-examine the lease contracts of other French institutions in Algeria.
The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the acting chargé d'affaires of the French embassy in Algiers. According to a news release from the Algerian Press Service (APS) in March 2025, France leased 61 properties in Algiers; an area of 18 hectares. The rental point of the embassy residence occupies 4 hectares. According to the report from the Algerian Press Service (APS), some rents are symbolic, only 1 franc.
In late July 2024, due to dissatisfaction with France's position on the Western Sahara issue, Algeria recalled its ambassador to France. In April this year, the two countries expelled several diplomats each.
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