00:01Algeria has cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates after years of
00:06mounting tension between the two countries I'll just accuse Abu Dhabi of
00:11interfering in national and regional affairs and state television say the
00:16decision came after what it called the exhaustion of all means to preserve
00:21bilateral relations the U ambassador has been given 48 hours to leave Algeria
00:27President Abdelmajid Tabun has repeatedly described the UAE is a micro state or
00:33statelet trying to destabilize countries across the region the two countries are
00:38also on opposing sides of the Dickens all Western Sahara dispute the UAE supports
00:43Morocco's claim to sovereignty over the territory where it has a consulate while
00:48Algeria bugs the Polisario front which seeks an independent Western Sahara in
00:53February Algeria began the process of counseling an air service agreement with
00:58the UAE that was signed in Abu Dhabi in May 2013
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