(ANSA) - PARIS, AUGUST 20 - French President Emmanuel Macron will be visiting Algeria from 25 to 27 August to re-launch the partnership between the two countries after a period of crisis.
The Elysée announced it.
"This trip will contribute to deepen lateral relations looking to the future to strengthen Franco-Algerian cooperation in the face of regional issues and to continue work on issues of the past", declared the French presidency at the end of a telephone conversation between Macron and his Algerian counterpart, AbdelmadjidTebboune. .
Franco-Algerian ties went into crisis at the end of last year, after rumors that Macrona had questioned the existence of Algeria before the French colonization, accusing his "political-military system" of rewriting history and fomenting "the I hate France ".
In response, Algeria withdrew its ambassador from Paris, but the two sides appear to have mended relations.
The North African country gained independence from France after a war that lasted eight years and ended with the signing of the Evian Agreements in March 1962. On July 5 of the same year, a few days after 99.72% of the population voted for independence in a referendum , the French colonial rule officially ended.
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