After Tunisia and Morocco, Algeria.
The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced on Sunday, December 18, a return "to a normal consular relationship" with Algeria since "Monday" last, that is to say concerning the granting of visas by France to nationals of that country.
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Gérald Darmanin, who was traveling in Algeria, tweeted his statement after his meeting with his Algerian counterpart.
Find my statement after my trip to Algeria ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/FBd0zghgn1
– Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) December 18, 2022
Since the Covid-19 crisis, France had drastically reduced the number of visas granted to Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, conditioning them on efforts by these countries to accept their nationals expelled from France.
This normalization of the granting of visas to Algerian nationals comes after that with Tunisia at the end of August and that with Morocco announced Friday by the head of French diplomacy Catherine Colonna.
In September 2021, Paris decided to reduce the number of visas granted to Algeria and Morocco by 50%, and by 30% for Tunisia.
“It is not acceptable that we do not take back foreigners in an irregular situation who were identified as dangerous and disturbing public order,” French President Emmanuel Macron explained in November.
With AFP
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