Mohamed Abrini, 30, was filmed along with Abdeslam at a petrol station in Ressons, France on the motorway to Paris, in a Renault Clio which was later used in the attacks, Belgium's federal prosecutor said in a statement.
"Two days before the Paris attacks, on 11 November around 19.00 pm, Salah Abdeslam was filmed in a gas station in Ressons... Together with a person who has been identified as Mohamed Abrini, born 27 December 1984," the prosecutor's statement said.
"The Investigating Judge has issued an European and International arrest warrant against Mohamed Abrini. He is actively tracked down by Belgian and French police services," said the communique, which was issued in English.
A police wanted notice said Abrini was "dangerous and probably armed". It had a mugshot of the suspect, who is dark-haired with a cropped beard, along with a series of pictures of him apparently in the petrol station.
Belgium was home to a number of the suspects in the November 13 Paris gun and suicide bomb attacks on a concert venue and a string of bars and restaurants killed 130 people.
Belgian authorities also charged a fifth person in connection with the attacks, following the arrest of a number of people in Brussels and the eastern city of Liege.
"The Investigating Judge, specialised in terrorism cases, has placed one person under arrest warrant for participation in the activities of a terrorist group and terrorist murders," a statement from Belgium's federal prosecutor said.
Four others arrested Monday were released.
The first two people to be charged in Belgium over the Paris attacks were Mohammed Amri, 27, and Hamza Attou, 20, who were accused last Monday on suspicion of helping Salah Abdeslam escape to Brussels after the carnage.
A third person charged last Friday was identified by the prosecutor on Monday as Lazez A., a 39-year-old Moroccan from the Molenbeek district of Brussels, an area which has been linked to several of the suspects.
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