Erdogan's Bad News.. Algeria, France Have Similar Position Over Libya

Hours ago, Algeria put an end to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's bids, to invest diplomatic differences with Paris, by announcing "the convergence of views with France on the need to solve the crisis in Libya politically."

This position came during a phone call, on Saturday, by Algerian President Abdel Majid Tebboune  with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, in which they agreed to "resume contacts between the two countries at the highest level".

A statement of the Algerian presidency explained that President Tebboune and Macron "have similar views on regional issues of common concern and recent developments in the Sahel region and Libya."

The Algerian and French presidents agreed to "resume contacts between the two countries at the highest level," and they agreed to "advance cooperation in all fields," the statement read.

This is "the first phone call the Algerian president has with his French counterpart" since he took office at the end of last year, while the previous three contacts between them were commenced by  Macron.

Observers believe that the latest Algerian position is a clear indication of a decisive step against the suspicious Turkish plans in Libya.

This comes after France expressed its rejection of the Turkish role in Libya, and European moves began to isolate Turkey as a punishment for military intervention in Libya and dumping this country with mercenaries.

Paris, whose relationship with Ankara has been deteriorating over the Libyan file, asked the European Union, on Wednesday, to have a "limitless" discussion on its relationship with Turkey.

Tebboune and Macron's contact also coincided with the strongly worded statements made by the Algerian President earlier this month, in which he implicitly accused Turkey of not committing to the outputs of the Berlin Conference and of "dumping Libya with large amounts of weapons."

In an interview with local media, the Algerian president then mentioned "a country that has not complied with what was agreed at the Berlin conference prohibits the flow of arms and mercenaries, but there is a country that sent a month after 3400 tons of weapons to Libya," in an implicit reference to Turkey.

For the first time, the Algerian president implicitly accused Turkey of "transferring the Syrian scenario to Libya," and revealed that he had informed "the participants in the Berlin conference that the Syrian scenario started in Libya."