Algeria: when the re-election of Emmanuel Macron warms relations with France

French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Algeria in December 2017. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

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The Algerian president sent a message of congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on Monday April 25 for his re-election on Sunday, with 58.5% of the vote against Marine Le Pen.

Abdelmadjid Tebboune evokes the " 

-election  " of his French counterpart and invites him to go to Algeria soon to strengthen the relationship between the two countries.

An invitation when a serious diplomatic crisis broke out between France and Algeria at the end of last year.

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In the message published by the Algerian presidency, Abdelmadjid Tebboune sends his best wishes for success to Emmanuel Macron.

He says he is “

” with the quality of their personal relationship and the progress made, albeit relative, by the Algerian-French partnership.

He also invites his counterpart to visit Algeria soon, to intensify relations between the two countries.

, as president.

Officials, on the other hand, made the trip, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, less than two weeks ago.

The time therefore seems to be warming, while Franco-Algerian relations have sometimes been stormy during Emmanuel Macron's first five-year term.

On the one hand, there was

by the French president, on the other, tensions and even a serious diplomatic crisis last year.

Crisis caused by the decision of Paris to

to Algerians, Moroccans and Tunisians, but also by comments by Emmanuel Macron affirming that Algeria was built on a memorial rent maintained by a politico-military system .

Algiers had then recalled its ambassador

, who returned to Paris at the beginning of the year.

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