After a cold snap since autumn 2021, Paris and Algiers sealed a significant warming of their relations during a trip by French President Emmanuel Macron last August.
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 3/22/2023 at 12:19 PM, updated 3/22/2023 at 1:37 PM
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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, here on November 2, 2022. AFP
Algeria’s ambassador to France, who was recalled in early February after a dispute between the two countries over a Franco-Algerian activist, “will be back in Paris soon,” Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced in a television interview.
Despite a travel ban in Algeria, activist Amira Bouraoui entered Tunisia on February 3 before being arrested trying to board bound for Paris. Despite an attempt by the Tunisian authorities to deport her to Algeria, she was finally able to fly to France on February 6.
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“fluctuating” relationship
Algiers ruled that his departure for France constituted an “illegal exfiltration” carried out with the help of French diplomatic and security personnel and recalled its ambassador to Paris, Said Moussi, for consultations. “Our relationship with France is shaky,” Abdelmadjid Tebboune said of the estrangement in an interview with pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera Tuesday night. “The Algerian ambassador will be back in Paris soon,” he added, according to an interview report published by the official agency APS.
After a cold snap since autumn 2021, Paris and Algiers sealed a significant warming of their relations during a trip by French President Emmanuel Macron last August. Then, with great fanfare, the two heads of state signed a joint statement aimed at reviving bilateral cooperation.
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On February 20, Algerian prosecutors announced that they had placed four people in pre-trial detention and a fifth under judicial control as part of an investigation into activist Amira Bouraoui’s “illegal” departure from Algeria.
Amira Bouraoui became known in 2014 for her engagement against then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s fourth term in office, before becoming involved in the Hirak protest movement. She was sentenced to one year in prison in June 2020 before being provisionally released in July of the same year.