Editing Houari Boumédiène (section)

==Foreign policy==
Boumédiène pursued a policy of non-alignment, maintaining good relations with both the communist bloc and the capitalist nations, and promoting third-world cooperation. In the [[United Nations]], he called for a unity built on equal status for western and ex-colonial nations, and brought about by a [[socialism|socialist]]-style change in political and trade relations. He sought to build a powerful third world bloc through the [[Non-Aligned Movement]], in which he became a prominent figure. He unconditionally supported freedom fighters, justice and equality seekers. He offered logistic assistance to anti-colonial movements and other militant groups across Africa and the Arab world, including the [[Palestine Liberation Organisation|PLO]], ANC, SWAPO and other nations.

Algeria remained strongly opposed to Israel. In response to the US support for Israel in the Six-Day War, Algeria severed diplomatic ties with USA. In response to Egypt's normalization of ties with Israel, Algeria along with other Arab countries condemned [[Anwar Sadat]] and severed ties with Egypt in 1977.

Algeria bought the majority of arms from the Soviet Union.

A significant regional event was his 1975 pledge of support for Western Saharan self-determination, admitting Sahrawi refugees and the Polisario Front national liberation movement to Algerian territory, after Morocco and Mauritania claimed control over the territory. This ended the possibility of mending relations with Morocco, already sour after the 1963 Sand War, although there had been a modest thaw in relations during his first time in power. The heightened Moroccan-Algerian rivalry and the still unsolved Western Sahara question became a defining feature of Algerian foreign policy ever since and remains so today.

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File:Houari Boumediene.jpg|Boumédiène in 1972
File:1975 Algiers Agreement.jpg|The [[1975 Algiers Agreement]] was signed by (left to right) the [[Shah of Iran]] [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], Boumédiène, and the Iraqi vice-president [[Saddam Hussein]]
File:Gaddafi-Boumedienne-Assad-1977-Tripolis.jpg|alt=|Libyan Leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]], Boumediene and Syrian President [[Hafez al-Assad]] in Tripoli, 1977
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