According to a statement from the Algerian foreign ministry, Algeria was notified of France’s decision in recent days.
The ministry also asserted that Algeria would take all necessary actions in response and hold the French government solely accountable for the decision.
The French Foreign Ministry did not immediately react to Algeria’s statement.
The United Nations plan for the Western Sahara conflict, which includes a self-determination referendum, is supported by Algeria, which views Morocco’s presence in the Sahara as an occupation.
While Morocco claims Western Sahara as its own, the Polisario Front, backed by Algeria, is advocating for the region to become an independent sovereign state.
In 1975, Morocco assumed control of most of Western Sahara from colonial Spain, leading to a guerrilla conflict with the Polisario Front, which represents the Sahrawi people and claims the desert region in northwest Africa as its own.
Following a ceasefire brokered by the United Nations in 1991, a mission was set up to organise a referendum on the future of the territory. However, negotiations have since stalled.