French Foreign Minister calls from Algeria to restore “calm relations” between the two countries

INA-  sources

In an initiative to “revive” the French-Algerian relationship that has been strained for months, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit Algeria on Wednesday. After being received by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Le Drian called for the return of “quiet relations” between Paris and Algeria. The visit comes at a time when relations between the two countries have deteriorated greatly in recent months, before signs of a breakthrough in this crisis appeared.
 
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called from Algeria on Wednesday for the return of “calm relations” between the two countries after the high tension that they witnessed for more than two months.
 
“I hope that our two countries will return to the approach of calm relations and be able to look to the future,” Le Drian said after receiving Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
 
and then NSCreate a precedent for the diplomatic crisis between Algeria and Paris, Link لودريان To Algeria on Wednesday for a visit aimed at “reviving the tense Franco-Algerian relationship” for months.
 
The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement: “It is a working visit and assessment and to revive relations.”
 
The visit comes at a time when relations between the two countries have deteriorated greatly in recent months.
 
In mid-November, Le Drian called for a “confident” relationship and an “ambitious partnership” with Algeria that transcends the “wounds” of memory that can “sometimes reappear”.
 
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French President Emmanuel Macron had angered Algeria in October when he accused, according to what was reported by the French newspaper “Le Monde”, the Algerian “political-military” regime of perpetuating a “memory revenue” policy regarding the war of independence and France, the former colonial authority in the country. , while Paris launched initiatives on memory issues in France.
 
The newspaper also reported that Macron also questioned the existence of an “Algerian nation” before the French colonization of it, which provoked condemned reactions in the ranks of Algerian society.
 
On that day, Algeria recalled its ambassador in Paris and prevented French military planes heading to the Sahel from flying in its airspace.
 
After that, the French president expressed his “regret” for this controversy and stressed his “great commitment to the development” of bilateral relations.
 
France and Algeria also faced after Paris announced in early October to reduce the number of entry visas granted to Algerians to put pressure on the Algerian government, as it considers that it is not cooperating sufficiently in terms of returning Algerians expelled by France. Algeria condemned a decision taken without prior consultation.