Tunisia under UAE Pressure to Normalize with Israel, Algerian Official Claims

Anti-normalization protest in Tunisia. (Photo: Via Twitter, file)

Last week, Emirati Minister of State, Sheikh Shakhbout Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, visited Tunisia and met with President Kais Saied.

The head of Algeria’s National Construction Movement, Abdelkader Bengrina, has warned that the UAE is dragging Tunisia to normalize ties with Israel.

Bengrina, whose party is a member of the government coalition, said the UAE has always been behind “sowing discord and division in the region” including the differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the exacerbation of the crisis in Yemen.

Bengrina appealed to Algerian officials to remain vigilant after the “recent ill-fated Emirati visits to Tunisia”, in order to secure “imminent” normalization.

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Last week, Emirati Minister of State, Sheikh Shakhbout Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, visited Tunisia and met with President Kais Saied.

A few weeks ago, the Algerian El-Khabar newspaper, quoted “reliable” sources as saying that the “UAE is (also) exerting pressure on Mauritania to recognize Israel and normalize relations with it.”

According to the paper, the Mauritanian minister of defense recently visited Israel, travelling through Dubai, as part of a trip supervised by Emirati officials.

(MEMO, PC)

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