Algeria’s state TV insults UAE

Microstate, dwarf, artificial country…these were but a few insults to the UAE by the Algerian state TV, which reflects the official position of the country.

These insults came in a statement on national TV in reaction to an interview by an Algerian historian and University Professor Mohamed Lamine Belghit who spoke about his own opinion regarding Algeria’s history during an interview conducted by his countrywoman on Skynews Arabia, a UAE-funded media.

If the Algerian regime disagrees with what the interviewee said, it should have addressed corrections to the man instead of targeting a whole country and its leadership.

Just because the man said so on Sky News Arabia does not justify such a heinous attack against the UAE, as a country, people and leadership.

The verbal attacks on state media against the UAE show the state of mind of the regime in Algeria, which has isolated itself in Africa and the Mediterranean as well as in the Arab World.

This Saturday May 3, the public prosecutor at the Dar El Beida court ordered that Mohamed Lamine Belghit be put in pretrial detention, and a judicial investigation was opened against him following his remarks on Sky News Arabia channel, deemed by the prosecutor’s office as “a blatant attack on national unity and on the symbols and core values of the nation.”

Impulsive Algerian decisions have recently led to hostile acts that worsened ties with the Sahel. Last month, Algeria downed a Malian drone tracking terrorists, triggering a diplomatic crisis.

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso recalled their ambassador and accused Algeria with backing terrorist groups. Algeria responded by banning Malian aircrafts from crossing its airspace.

With Morocco, Algeria has cut ties, halted the flow of gas, banned Moroccan flights from its airspace, and imposed visa on Moroccans, to mention by the main measures.

With Spain and France, Algeria attempted self-destructive measures such as weaponizing gas and economic war to push them to volt face on their recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara in vain.

With its arms supplier Russia, Algeria has tense ties due to its hostility to Wagner militias.

Now, the UAE has not responded to the insults as Algeria’s voice becomes irrelevant in the Arab World, Africa, and beyond.

Impulsiveness has become the modus operandi of Algerian diplomacy.