The France’s president, Emmanuel Macronwill visit Algeria on August 25 for reinvigorate deteriorated bilateral relations after months of crisis that culminated at the end of last year with some controversial statements by Macron about the democratic health of the country.
Macron called Algeria on September 30 “political-military system” based on “historic rent” and with one “official history rewritten” in a meeting with descendants of prominent figures of the Algerian war of independence, which caused the indignation of the authorities of the African country and the call for consultations of the Algerian ambassador as an expression of protest.
The escalation of tension coincided with the French announcement of the drastic reduction in the number of visas granted to citizens of AlgeriaMorocco and Tunisia on the grounds that these countries do not cooperate in the deportation process.
Now, Macron will make this visit, which will end on August 27, to “deepen the bilateral relationshiplooking to the future for the benefit of the populations of the two countries, strengthening Franco-Algerian cooperation in the face of regional problems and continuing the work to curate historical memory,” according to the Elysée statement.
The trip took place after the telephone call carried out this Saturday by Macron and his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmayid Tebboune, in which the French president He conveyed his condolences for the serious fires in Algeriawhich have left almost 40 dead, according to the official Elysee note, collected on its website.
It should be remembered that the trip coincides with the end of the commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the Evian Agreements (March 18, 1962), which ended more than seven years of war between the Algerian insurgents and the French Army, and the independence of Algeria (July 5, 1962) after 132 years of colonization.