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Algeria opens airspace for earthquake aid

Algeria has opened its airspace to Moroccan aviation carrying earthquake aid or transporting wounded people, the Algerian presidency has said. 

In a statement, the presidency expressed condolences to the Moroccan people and offered to provide assistance should it be requested by Rabat.

Morocco and Algeria have had frosty relations for several decades, with longstanding disagreements over disputed Western Sahara territory, and more recent tension over revelations that Morocco may have spied on the phones of Algerian officials.

The border between the neighbouring countries has been closed since 1994 and diplomatic contact has been severed since Algiers cut ties with Rabat in 2021, the same year it also closed its airspace to Moroccan aviation.