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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will visit France in May this year. This was the outcome of a telephone talk between the Algerian president and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron recently, indicating that the two countries are moving towards normalcy in their diplomatic relations
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will visit France in May this year. This was the outcome of a telephone talk between the Algerian president and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron recently, indicating that the two countries are moving towards normalcy in their diplomatic relations.
According to reports, the two presidents discussed bilateral issues including the state visit of the President of the Republic to France. Both have agreed to schedule it for next May. Macron said in a recent interview with a media house that he hoped to welcome Mr Tebboune to France in 2023 to continue the work of memory and reconciliation between the two countries, a language couched up in the niceties of diplomacy.
Mr Tebboune welcomed the new relationship of trust between France and Algeria, four months after Mr Macron’s visit to Algiers. He also announced a state visit to France in 2023. The two heads of state had relaunched bilateral cooperation in a joint declaration signed with great fanfare at the end of August. This paved the way in particular for a relaxation of the visa regime granted to Algeria, in exchange for increased cooperation from Algiers in the fight against illegal immigration. The relationship between the two countries soured after Paris halved in the fall of 2021 the number of visas granted to Algeria.
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But the case was settled in mid-December when France announced, through its Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, a return to normal in the granting of visas to Algerian nationals. France had taken a similar position for Tunisians and Moroccans when visa issues erupted.
