Algeria has cut diplomatic ties with Morocco, the country’s Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra announced.
During a press conference, he accused Rabat of "hostile actions".
"Since the day of independence and throughout the history Morocco has been continuing hostile actions toward our country", the minister told a news conference, .
Lamamra claimed Moroccan intelligence agencies have been spying on Algerian officials.
The minister also drew attention to a recent incident when the Moroccan envoy to the United Nations expressed support for the self-determination of Algeria’s Kabylie region.