The commands of the Algerian and French armies signed a "joint road paper" to enhance military and security cooperation.
This step came within the activities of the second day of the visit of the Algerian Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Saeed Chenegriha, to Paris, according to a statement by the Algerian Ministry of Defense.
The ministry stated that the French Minister of Armies, Sebastien Le Cornet, received Chanegriha at the ministry's headquarters yesterday, Tuesday, and they discussed "ways to enhance military and security cooperation, so that the meeting culminated in the signing of a joint road paper."
The Algerian statement did not include any details regarding the content of this paper.
On Monday, Chanegriha began a visit to Paris of an undisclosed duration, met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, and delivered him a message from his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
The visit bears a symbolic significance, as it is the first for an Algerian army commander to France in about 17 years.
The last visit of an Algerian chief of staff to France was for the late Ahmed Gaid Salah in May 2006, according to the French Press Agency.
The Chief of Staff of the French armies, Thierry Bourcard, met his Algerian counterpart on August 25 and 26, during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Algeria, and at that time the two generals discussed the security situation in the Sahel region, and the strengthening of cooperation between the Algerian and French armies, according to official statements at the time.
Macron's visit aimed to "open a new page" in the relations between the two countries, and it culminated in a joint declaration on a set of understandings related to the file of memory and the past of French colonialism in Algeria, and cooperation in the field of security, defense, foreign policy and economy.
Chanegriha's visit to France comes before an upcoming visit by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to Paris next May, and Macron hopes, on this occasion, to continue working on the files of memory and reconciliation between the two countries.