Media platforms revealed that the authorities in some Spanish provinces established a team of specialists and economists with the aiming of searching for alternative sources to the Algerian markets in North Africa. According to the Spanish "La Verdad" newspaper, an independent civil bloc in the region is looking for alternative markets to substitute Algeria in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Senegal. READ: Algeria meets with Nigeria and Niger for trans-Sahara gas pipeline projectThe group supervises the process of communicating with traders in North African markets, aiming at finding alternatives to Algerian goods, specifically in Morocco, Senegal and Egypt. Lamamra continued: "The haste and bias in these statements reveal the inappropriateness of their content, where the matter is related to a political difference with a European country of a bilateral nature that does not affect Algeria's commitments to the European Union concerning the European Union. READ: Algeria suspends tourism ties with Spain amid tension

Source: The North Africa Journal June 22, 2022 12:52 UTC