France and Algeria want to “strengthen” their cooperation


During a telephone conversation, the French and Algerian presidents turned the page on the diplomatic crisis and wish to “strengthen cooperation”.





By NJ with AFP

The French presidents, Emmanuel Macron, and Algerian, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, want to turn the page on the diplomatic crisis (archive image).
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Ihe diplomatic crisis between France and Algeria is now history. Friday, March 24, French Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Algerian Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced their desire to continue to “strengthen bilateral cooperation”, announced the Elysée.

During a telephone interview, the two heads of state resolved the “misunderstandings” linked to the quarrel around a Franco-Algerian activist. On February 3, Amira Bouraoui entered Tunisia despite her ban on leaving Algerian territory. She was then arrested when she tried to board for France, a country in which she was finally able to go despite the attempts of the Tunisian authorities to deport her to Algeria, who had judged that this departure constituted a ” illegal exfiltration” carried out with the help of French diplomatic and security personnel. Said Moussi, Algerian ambassador in Paris, was then recalled.

An anti-Bouteflika activist

In 2014, Amira Bouraoui joined the hirak protest movement after opposing a fourth term for then-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Sentenced in June 2020 to one year in prison, she was granted provisional release in July of the same year. During their meeting, the two Heads of State also “agreed to strengthen the channels of communication […] to prevent this type of regrettable misunderstanding from happening again”.

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They also “reported on the bilateral relationship and on the implementation of the Algiers Declaration, signed during the visit of the President of the Republic to Algeria last August. They stressed the need to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in all areas, in view of the state visit to France by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune,” said the Elysee. Finally, they addressed regional stability issues, “in particular the fight against terrorism in the Sahel”.


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