Paris and Algiers confirm their desire to "densify" their "renewed partnership"
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne with her Algerian counterpart Aïmene Benabderrahmane during a joint press conference in Algiers, October 9, 2022. AFP - ALAIN JOCARD
Text by: RFI Follow
2 mins
Less than two months after President Emmanuel Macron, the French Prime Minister has been in Algeria since Sunday, for her first international trip.
Two-day official visit by Elisabeth Borne, accompanied by around fifteen French ministers, to continue the warming between the two countries, after months of diplomatic tensions.
“A step to build even closer cooperation between France and Algeria”, according to the head of the French government.
Advertising
Read more
Laying of a wreath at the monument of the martyrs of Algiers, which pays tribute to the Algerian fighters who died during the war of independence, then at the European cemetery.
It was
with memorial gestures
that Elisabeth Borne began her visit to Algiers, where she was welcomed by her Algerian counterpart, Aimene Benabderrahmane.
Together, they then chaired a meeting of the high-level intergovernmental committee.
The first since 2017. A dozen texts have been signed, which concern in particular the fields of industry, tourism, crafts, agriculture, the creation of start-ups and cultural projects.
Nothing, on the other hand, on gas or on visas for the moment, subjects of tension between Paris and Algiers, since France decided to divide their number by two, a year ago.
Regarding the memory file, another delicate issue between the two countries, Elisabeth Borne announced that the composition of the commission of historians supposed to work on colonization and the war in Algeria should be known in the coming days.
This intergovernmental committee is "
an unprecedented opportunity to begin to translate the vision of our heads of state into action
", welcomed Elisabeth Borne, referring to
the relaunch of the bilateral relationship
decided at the end of August by Emmanuel Macron and his host Abdelmajid Tebboune. .
She mentioned three main pillars “
for this renewed partnership
”: the economy to “
develop trade, innovation and create jobs
”;
mobility and visas;
and youth through increased educational and cultural cooperation.
This visit "
anchors a new dynamic and a sustainable cycle that will benefit our two peoples and their youth
", declared the French Prime Minister during a joint press conference with her counterpart.
Newsletter
Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
Algeria
France
Elisabeth Borne