The European Union has called this Friday for dialogue as the first option to resolve the open crisis between Algeria and Spain, although it has warned the Government of Algiers that it is willing to "deal with any type of coercive measure" that it takes against a Member State .

Algeria's rupture with the Treaty of Friendship signed with Spain and the decision to stop transactions between the two countries is a cause of "maximum concern" for the EU, which will evaluate in detail the consequences of these measures but "in principle" believes that It may violate Algeria's Association Agreement with the EU, according to a statement signed by the High Representative for Foreign Policy of the EU, Josep Borrell, and the Economic Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis.

The statement was released by Brussels at the end of a meeting between Dombrovskis and Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, who traveled to the European capital this Friday to assess the situation.