CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Algerian president’s office announced on Wednesday that the North African nation was “immediately” suspending a two-decade-old friendship treaty with Spain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Algeria and Spain are full members of the Union for the Mediterranean. Unlike those of Spain with Morocco, Algerian-Spanish relations are not strained by a direct territorial dispute; there have been however discrepancies over the approach to the Western Sahara conflict.

Detailed explanation-3: -The North African neighbours are locked in a bitter rivalry over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, where the Algerian-backed Polisario movement seeks an independence referendum.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish-Algerian war (1775–1785) was a conflict between the Spanish Empire and the Deylik of Algiers. A Spanish Xebec facing two Algerian brave ships. Spain pays 1,000,000 pesos as war reparations.

Detailed explanation-5: -In March 1976, Algeria recognized the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, leading Morocco to cease diplomatic ties between the two countries.