The words of Emmanuel Macron accusing a “politico-military” system to maintain a “memorial annuity” had provoked the reminder of the Algerian ambassador.
Le Monde with AFP
The leader of the Algerian diplomacy Ramtane Lamamra welcomed, Wednesday, November 10, of the declarations of France “demonstrating respect” towards his country in the middle of the diplomatic crisis, and announced that Alge participant on Friday at a lecture on Libya. Paris. According to the Palace of the Elysée Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron “regrets the polemics and misunderstandings” with Algeria and ensures “the greatest respect for the Algerian nation” and “its history”.
m. Macron triggered Algiers’s anger after remarks, reported on October 2nd by the daily Le Monde, accusing the Algerian “politico-military” system to maintain a “memorial annuity” by serving to his people an “official story” who “does not rely on truths”. According to the daily, he had questioned the existence of an Algerian nation before French colonization.
“Contrary to the statements behind the crisis, those [Tuesday by the Elysée] are reasonable and have ideas showing respect for Algeria, its history, its past, its present and also for the Algerian sovereignty, “said Mr Lamamra to the press.
” The greatest respect “
In addition, it also announced that “Algeria will take part in the” International Libya, “but not at the level of the President of the Republic,” Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE.
“The conditions are not met for personally participating in this conference, despite its commitment to the active role of Algeria alongside the Libyan brothers and the expected peaceful and democratic settlement of the Libyan question. “,” added the minister after a meeting in Algiers from Algerian diplomatic and consular missions.
On October 3, Algeria recalled its ambassador to France as a sign of protest to declarations reported by Le Monde and prohibits the overview of its territory with French military aircraft serving the Sahel, where the troops of the Antidjihadist operation “Barkhane”.
“The President Macron has the greatest respect for the Algerian nation, for its history and for the sovereignty of Algeria,” said the Elysee Tuesday. And he wants the bilateral relationship to develop “for the benefit of the Algerian and French populations, but also to meet the major regional challenges, starting with Libya”.
“Old Conflict”
According to the Elysee, Mr. Tebboune was invited to the Conference to help Libya get out of the crisis by preparing the presidential election scheduled for December 24th.
According to the Algerian media, Mr. Lamamra who will represent Algeria at this conference. It would be the first trip to Paris of an Algerian official of this rank since the reminder of the ambassador to Paris.
m. Tebboune warned Saturday that he would not “the first step” to try to appease the tensions with his French counterpart who, with his remarks, “reopened an old conflict in a totally useless way”.