With his Algerian counterpart, Aymen Benabderrahmane, the French Prime Minister will chair “the 5ᵉ session of the high -level intergovernmental committee”, said Matignon.
Le Monde with AFP
Elisabeth Borne will go to Algeria on October 9 and 10 to materialize, with his Algerian counterpart, Aymen Benabderrahmane, the “partnership” concluded between the presidents of the two countries at the end of August, Matignon announced on Saturday, September 24.
“Online with the joint declaration of Algiers for a renewed partnership between Algeria and France”, adopted on the occasion of the visit of the French president at the end of August, “the members of the French governments and Algerian will meet to reaffirm their determination to promote friendship between France and Algeria and deepen bilateral cooperation in the fields of common interest “, according to this source.
Announcements will be made “soon” on a possible increase in Algerian gas deliveries to France, in the midst of an energy crisis fueled by the war in Ukraine, had also specified the government spokesperson, Olivier Véran, after The visit of Emmanuel Macron in Algeria, who welcomed that Algiers helps “diversification” of gas supplies from Europe.
The president of Engie, Catherine Macgregor, was part of the official delegation during the president’s visit. At the beginning of July, on the occasion of the conclusion of an agreement entered Engie and the Sonatrach on the price of gas delivered to the French energy company, the two companies had announced their “intention to extend their partnership with liquefied natural gas [LNG] and natural gas “.
youth, economy and ecology on the program
m me terminal, accompanied by several members of the French government, co -led, with Mr. Benabderrahmane, “the 5 e session of the high -level intergovernmental committee” (CIHN ), said Matignon. “The youth of the two countries” will be on the menu of this CINH, “which will also allow us to move forward on economic issues and the ecological transition”, added Matignon.
“A renewed, concrete and ambitious partnership”: after months of crisis, Emmanuel Macron and his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, had acted on August 27, in a joint declaration, the revival of bilateral links, at the end of A three -day visit to the French head of state in Algeria. But it must now be accompanied by concrete gestures.
The Algerian President had mentioned, during this visit, the revival of several intergovernmental committees, including the CINH, the Franco-Algerian Economic Mixed Committee, the Algerian-French Strategic Dialogue Committee and “an intensification of high-level visits “. It was also planned to “intensify cooperation at all levels and trade”.
During this visit, the two leaders had also paved the way for a relaxation of the visa regime granted to Algeria, in exchange for increased cooperation in Algiers in the fight against illegal immigration . On the sensitive subject of the memory of colonization and the war of Algeria, a commission of Algerian and French historians must also be created to examine “without taboo” the archives of the two countries.