Paris and Algiers advocate a "dynamic of irreversible progress" in their relations

Europe 1 with AFP 5:25 p.m., August 27, 2022

Algerian Presidents Abdelmadjid Tebboune and French President Emmanuel Macron sealed the reconciliation between Paris and Algiers on Saturday by signing a declaration which "renews their commitment to inscribe their relations in a dynamic of irreversible progress", 60 years after the end of the Algerian war. .

The two leaders then said a few words to the press.

President Tebboune hailed an "excellent and successful visit" by his French counterpart to Algeria, assuring that it "allowed a rapprochement which would not have been possible without the very personality of President Macron".

"This merger will allow us to go very far"

According to the Algerian president, who spoke in French, the two countries will also "act together in many areas outside of Algeria and France".

"This merger will allow us to go very far".

Abdelmadjid Tebboune mentioned the very high-level meeting which brought together the presidents and security services of both sides, including the army, in Algiers on Friday "for the first time since independence" from Algeria in 1962, announcing joint actions "in the interest of our geopolitical environment".

To "enhance their political consultations", Paris and Algiers will establish a "High Council for Cooperation" at the level of Heads of State, in order "to deepen, in a spirit of mutual trust and respect, appropriate responses to bilateral issues, regional and international", foresees the Algiers Declaration.

"A new privileged partnership"

According to the declaration, this "new privileged partnership" has "become a requirement dictated by the rise of uncertainties and the exacerbation of regional and international tensions" "It provides a framework for designing a common vision and a closely concerted approach to deal with the new global challenges (global and regional crises, climate change, preservation of biodiversity, digital revolution, health...)", says the Declaration.

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Strengthen intimacy between parties

For Emmanuel Macron, the Algiers Declaration will make it possible to ensure that "intimacy is strengthened by having a permanent dialogue on all subjects. Including the subjects which prevented us from moving forward, because they came back ceaselessly, memory for example".

The memorial question around French colonization (1830-1962) caused a serious quarrel between the two countries last fall.

The joint commission of historians decided during Emmanuel Macron's visit to iron out disagreements and face the past "with courage", in the words of the French president, "could be installed within 15 to 20 days", announced Abdelmadjid Tebboune.