Baptism of fire in Algeria for Élisabeth Borne

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LETTER FROM ALGIERS. What meaning should be given to the landing in Algiers of 16 ministers, headed by Elisabeth Borne, on October 9 and 10?

By our correspondent in Algiers, Adlene Meddi

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will be accompanied by a large delegation of 16 ministers during her trip to Algeria on Sunday and Monday.
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Published on 07/10/2022 at 11:00 a.m.

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« C’is half of the government moving to Algiers! Behind the scenes of bilateral diplomacy between Paris and Algiers, we like to insist on the number of ministers – sixteen! – who will accompany Élisabeth Borne for her first visit abroad, Sunday 9 and Monday 10, on the occasion of the Franco-Algerian High Level Intergovernmental Committee (CIHN), a sort of mini-summit between ministers of the two countries, launched in 2012 by François Hollande to support cooperation. A real baptism of fire for a Prime Minister with a rather economic profile and little confronted with the tightrope walking exercises of France-Algeria diplomacy.

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