Algeria's ambassador to France resumes his duties

The facade of the Algerian embassy in Paris, in July 2021. AFP - JOEL SAGET

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The Algerian ambassador to France, who was recalled in October "

" after statements by French President Emmanuel Macron deemed offensive by Algiers, will resume his duties on Thursday, January 6, the Algerian presidency announced on Wednesday.

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President Abdelmadjid Tebboune "

," the presidency said in a statement.

Algiers had recalled its ambassador on October 2 in reaction to

which affirmed that Algeria, after its independence in 1962, had been built on "

", maintained by "

”.

Emmanuel Macron had also questioned the existence of an Algerian nation before French colonization from 1830.

Algiers had, in protest, banned the overflight of its territory

to French military planes serving the Sahel, where the troops of the anti-jihadist operation Barkhane are deployed.

The Algerian head of state had also warned in early November that he would not take "the first step" to try to calm tensions.

Emmanuel Macron has since expressed his “

” at the controversy generated and said he was “

” of the bilateral relationship.

At the beginning of December, the head of French diplomacy paid a visit to Algeria in order to defuse this bilateral crisis of rare gravity.

so that the two countries “

”.

However, no agreement was obtained during this visit for, for example, the resumption of the overflight of Algerian airspace.

Relations between Paris and Algiers have often known turbulence.

The last such serious crisis dated from February 23, 2005, when the French Parliament adopted a law recognizing a "

".

With AFP

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• Algeria

• Abdelmadjid Tebboune

• France

• Emmanuel Macron

• Jean-Yves Le Drian