Algeria: President Tebboune proposes "a common work of memory" on French colonization
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
The Algerian president proposes a common "work of memory" between France and Algeria over the entire period of French colonization.
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A year and a half after submitting his report on the memory of colonization and the war in Algeria, the French historian Benjamin Stora was received by Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on the eve of the sixtieth anniversary of Algerian independence which took place on July 5, 1962. The Algerian president proposes a joint "
work of memory
" between France and Algeria over the entire period of French colonization, Benjamin Stora told our colleagues from Agence France Presse.
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This is the first time that there was a substantive discussion
", on the Algerian side, on these memorial questions, since the
publication of the report
, in January 2021, indicates Benjamin Stora, a few days after being received by Abdelmadjid Tebboune, for over an hour.
According to the French historian, quoted by AFP, the Algerian president explained to him "
the major importance of a work of memory over the entire period of colonization
", an opinion that affirms to share Benjamin Stora for whom "
we cannot remain prisoner of a single date, 1962. We must widen the field of reflection
.
»
He recalls that the war of conquest which lasted nearly half a century, between 1830 and 1871, was very deadly and marked by the establishment of a settlement.
The French historian notes a “
change of tone
” between Paris and Algiers and notes “
a desire to pursue a dialogue.
»
If the two countries went through a diplomatic crisis at the end of last year, the time seems to be gradually warming up relations.
In Emmanuel Macron's letter delivered to his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the French head of state mentions a "
next
" visit to Algeria.
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