Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with the UAE

State media says Algeria exhausted 'all means to preserve bilateral ties'

Algeria decided to sever diplomatic relations with ​the United Arab Emirates after what ‌it described as the "exhaustion of all means to preserve bilateral ties", Algerian state media ​said on Thursday, without giving details ​of the reason for the move.

The UAE ⁠Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond ​to an email seeking comment.

Algerian media ​outlets have in the past sharply criticised the UAE, accusing it of seeking to sow regional ​discord.

#URGENT Algeria decides to sever diplomatic ties with United Arab Emirates after exhausting all means to preserve bilateral relations, according to official television

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Last year, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ​said his country's relations with all Gulf states were ‌warm ⁠except for one, in a thinly veiled reference to the UAE. He described ties with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman ​and Qatar ​as "brotherly", while ⁠accusing the unnamed country of meddling in Algeria's internal affairs ​and seeking to destabilise it.

Tensions ​escalated ⁠further in February, when Algeria began the process of cancelling an air services agreement with ⁠the ​UAE that was signed ​in Abu Dhabi in May 2013.