PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron met on Saturday with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune, a statement from the Elyse announced.
This interview notably “focused on the preparation of the European Union – African Union summit which will take place in Brussels on 17 and 18 February next, within the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union”, says the press release.
“The two presidents also addressed the regional issues of stability, in particular the fight against terrorism in the Sahel.”
“Finally, the President of the Republic returned to his latest initiatives in France to appease the memories of colonization and the war in Algeria. He said he was available to work on this subject with his Algerian counterpart, in particularly with regard to research on the missing and the maintenance of European cemeteries in Algeria.”
Algiers recalled its ambassador to France on October 2, after the publication by Le Monde of remarks attributed to Emmanuel Macron, who would have estimated that Algeria has been built since its independence on “a memory rent” maintained by “the politico-political system”. military” in power Algiers.
Ambassador Mohamed-Antar Daoud resumed his duties on 6 January.
(Nicolas Delame)