During a press interview with local media, Tebboune said, “France is a country with which we have many problems, and the colonizer committed many massacres,” adding, “We always and forever demand that France recognize its massacres and crimes it committed in Algeria.
During a press interview with local media, the Algerian president stressed that Algeria will not enable any country to establish military bases on its national soil, “whatever those countries are.”
In response to a question regarding the participation of the Algerian army in military operations outside the country, Tebboune said, “Our policy and view in this regard is not to enter the swamps. We do not have a FIFA, but a people’s army, and we will not sacrifice its members for money, as mercenaries do, and for any similar operation we need approval.” Members of our army and the approval of its representatives through the National People’s Assembly“.
Tebboune said that the French presence in Mali is not new today, and “as long as the Malians are the ones who demand this presence, we will not have a comment on it, because it is a sovereign decision,” noting that “the principle of Algeria is non-interference in the internal affairs of countries, and our view of the Sahel countries is a view of developing their economies and a solution to their health problems and the development of their social structure.
President Tebboune pointed out that Algeria has taken all legal measures regarding terrorist groups and the rest of the countries have the decision to interact with requests to extradite terrorists.
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