The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Friday, January 24, received a phone call from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, who wants to resume work on issues of common interest, including that of the brief.
According to a statement from the presidency of the republic, the head of state, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, spoke on the phone this Friday, January 24, with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.
During this telephone interview, Mr. Macron expressed concern about the improvement in President Tebboune’s state of health. Furthermore, he expressed his willingness to want to resume work with him on several issues of common interest. in fact, these are in particular files which relate to economic and regional issues, it is also a question of addressing the file relating to memory issues.
For his part, the head of state, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, addressed his thanks to his French counterpart, and confirmed his availability to deal with the various cases mentioned, upon his return to Algeria.
Tebboune underwent foot surgery
the presidency of the republic reported last Friday, namely on January 20, that mr. Bouteflika had undergone successful surgery on his right foot, adding that he is expected to return to the country in the next few days, after the agreement of medical staff.
It should be recalled that President Bouteflika returned to Germany on January 10 to treat a complication he had in his foot, following his infection with the coronavirus (covid-19), a press release from the presidency.
The same source stressed that these complications were not serious, noting that he had returned to Algeria on December 29, 2020, to settle urgent matters before treating these complications.
Before his return to Germany, the President of the Republic had said that he would follow country affairs with all those responsible on a daily basis.
Historian Stora submits report on war in Algeria to President Macron
French historian Benjamin Stora submitted last Friday the report commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron on “memorial issues relating to colonization and the Algerian war”.
a document of more than 140 pages, through which he formulated a list of “recommendations” and joint initiatives between algeria and france in order to reconcile the memories of the two shores of the mediterranean.
Indeed, Benjamin Stora proposed, among other things, to see with the Algerian authorities the possibility of facilitating the displacement of the harkis and their children between France and Algeria, the recognition by France of the assassination of ali boumendjel and identification of the locations where those condemned to death executed during the war were buried.
much criticized, the stora report continues to arouse a lot of reactions in algeria and france, and has reopened the debates on issues relating to the colonization of algeria, torture, summary executions but above all to the official recognition of all the war crimes committed by colonial France against the Algerian people since the beginning of the conquest in 1830.
