Two Algerian ministries end their use of the French language in official correspondence amid escalating tensions between Algiers and Paris
People hold a placard and Algerian flags during a rally to commemorate the brutal repression of an October 17, 1961 demonstration near the Pont Neuf bridge on October 17, 2021 in Paris.
On Thursday, the Algerian Ministry of Vocational Training published a circular on behalf of Minister Yassin Merapi, requesting staff to use the Arabic language in their official correspondences.Similarly, Youth and Sports Minister Abdel Razzaq Sabbak also ordered the use of Arabic in the ministry's internal correspondences as of November.
Algeria responded by recalling its ambassador to Paris and banned French military aircraft from using Algerian airspace on October 3.
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