The French president and his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmayid Tebboune, sign a document that certifies a “new irreversible dynamic”
France strengthens its ties with Algeria. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, concluded his three-day visit to the African country on Saturday with the aim of reactivating the bilateral relationship between Paris and its former colony. The meeting takes place when the West is looking for alternatives to Russian gas to avoid a serious energy crisis, since this Maghreb nation is the leading gas exporter in Africa.
Macron and his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmayid Tebboune, signed a document in the African capital that certifies a “new irreversible dynamic” in relations between the two countries, 70 years after Algerian independence from Gallic colonialism. “France and Algeria, strong in the exceptional human ties that unite them and resolutely determined to promote their friendship and consolidate their achievements in terms of cooperation and partnership, renew their commitment to place their relations in a dynamic of irreversible progress,” the Elysée announced. .
All this will translate, mainly, into the creation of the so-called High Council for Cooperation at the level of Heads of State, “to deepen and design together, in a spirit of trust and mutual respect, appropriate measures to respond to bilateral issues.” It will meet every two years, alternately in Paris and Algiers.
Commission of historians
In the historical section, both countries have agreed to set up a “mixed commission” of French and Algerian historians on the colonial era and the war of independence, including the opening and restitution of archives, goods and mortuary remains of the Algerian resistance fighters. as well as the disappeared.
France and Algeria will give new impetus to their economic relations to promote a balanced association in the interest of both countries, especially as regards the energy transition, in particular through cooperation in the fields of gas and hydrogen.
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