After a cold snap since the fall of 2021, Paris and Algiers had sealed a clear warming in their relations during a trip by French President Emmanuel Macron last August.
Algeria’s ambassador to France, recalled in early February following a falling out between the two countries over a Franco-Algerian activist , will ” soon be back ” in Paris, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has announced. , in a television interview.
Despite a ban on leaving the territory in Algeria, activist Amira Bouraoui entered Tunisia on February 3, before being arrested when she tried to board in the direction of Paris. She was finally able to fly to France on February 6 despite an attempt by the Tunisian authorities to deport her to Algeria.
‘fluctuating’ relationship
Algiers judged 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 fluctuating ,” said Abdelmadjid Tebboune in reference to this estrangement, during an interview Tuesday evening with the pan-Arab channel Al-Jazeera. “ The Algerian ambassador will soon be back in Paris ,” he added, according to a report of the interview published by the official APS agency.
After a cold snap since the fall of 2021, Paris and Algiers had sealed a clear warming in their relations during a trip by French President Emmanuel Macron last August. The two Heads of State then signed with great fanfare a joint declaration to relaunch bilateral cooperation.
On February 20, the Algerian prosecutor’s office announced that it had placed four people in pre-trial detention and a fifth under judicial supervision as part of an investigation into the ” illegal ” exit from Algeria of activist Amira Bouraoui.
Amira Bouraoui became known in 2014 for her commitment against a fourth term of then-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, before engaging in the “ Hirak ” protest movement. She was sentenced in June 2020 to one year in prison before being granted provisional release in July of the same year.
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