Algeria president will not attend Libya's conference in France

FILE PHOTO: Algeria's Abdelmadjid Tebboune arrives to deliver a news conference ahead of the election, in Algiers, Algeria December 8, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will not attend a conference on Libya in France on Friday but will delegate a representative, Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said on Wednesday.

Relations between France and Algeria have been tense, and Algiers early last month recalled its ambassador to Paris and closed its airspace to French military planes after what it called "irresponsible" comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron.