{"id":53894,"date":"2025-04-16T08:04:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/france-to-expel-12-algerian-diplomats-and-recall-ambassador-amid-escalating\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T07:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T07:19:04","slug":"france-to-expel-12-algerian-diplomats-and-recall-ambassador-amid-escalating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/france-to-expel-12-algerian-diplomats-and-recall-ambassador-amid-escalating\/","title":{"rendered":"France to expel 12 Algerian diplomats and recall Ambassador amid escalating tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an official statement, the French presidency criticized Algeria for what it described as a sudden breakdown in diplomatic relations. <\/p>\n<p>The statement confirmed the expulsion of 12 Algerian diplomatic and consular staff from French territory and the recall of French Ambassador St\u00e9phane Romatet for consultations.<\/p>\n<p>The diplomatic fallout marks a new low in already strained ties between the two nations. Recent months have seen rising tensions, in part due to firm policies from France\u2019s interior ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Although both countries had expressed a willingness to mend relations during Barrot\u2019s visit to Algiers on April 6, relations soured further after French authorities indicted an Algerian consular official, suspected of involvement in the 2024 abduction of a political dissident.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85785\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/barrot.jpg\" alt=\"The retaliatory measure was announced by French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France will expel 12 Algerian diplomats and recall its ambassador from Algiers in a retaliatory move, French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot announced on Tuesday via X. The decision follows Algeria\u2019s expulsion of 12 French diplomats on Monday, giving them 48 hours to depart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000085784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000085784,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/barrot.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/barrot.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/barrot.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/barrot.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/barrot.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/barrot.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000085784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53894"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53894"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}