Algeria suspends trade with Spain

• Algeria has banned international trade in goods and services with Spain effective June 9.
• The decision comes after the government cancelled a 20-year-old friendship treaty with Spain.
• The conflict between the two countries is part of a deepening conflict over the status of Western Sahara.

CAIRO: Algeria announced on Thursday that it would ban international trade in goods and services with Spain effective June 9, as per Radio Algeria International, as part of a deepening conflict over the status of Western Sahara.

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