French FM in Algeria to reset bilateral relations

Before joining Emmanuel Macron in Egypt, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, made a crochet by Algeria to meet Abdelmadjid Tebboune. A visit that was to record a resumption of the dialogue between Paris and Algiers, but gave birth to nothing more.

France and Algeria have settled their increasingly escalating diplomatic conflict on the weekend.

While tensions were still present between Algeria and France a few days ago, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, announced the return to normal relations with the former French colony, this Sunday from Algiers. "With the president [Abdelmadjid] Tebboune, we expressed the shared will to lift the curtain and rebuild a partnership equal to equal, serene and soothed," he declared, stating that "a new phase" was opening up between the …

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot announced, after a visit to Algiers on Sunday where he met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the desire of the two countries to "enter a new phase" after the serious crisis in their bilateral relations.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Sunday his will to "rebuild a partnership of equal, serene and calmed", after eight months of diplomatic crisis between the two countries.

Algeria: French FM in Algeria to Reset Bilateral Relations

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot is in Algiers on Sunday, at the invitation of the Algerian government, to plan ways to shore up bilateral relations which have been strained in recent months.