The French military on Wednesday denied allegations that it had asked Algeria for permission to fly over its airspace.
France never requested authorization, so there was no refusal from the Algerian side, a spokesperson for the French joint chief of Staff told Anadolu.
The spokesperson, who declined to be identified, added that Algiers helped Paris with evacuation operations from Niger after the July 26 military intervention.
Algiers “has helped Paris in an exemplary way to repatriate French nationals from Niger, by offering transit from Algiers,” the spokesperson explained.
“The French armed forces interact as usual with our Algerian partners,” said the spokesperson, denying allegations of tensions after…
