France announces end to visa crisis with Algeria
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin during his meeting with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, December 18, 2022. © ALGERIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
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The visa crisis between France and Algeria is over.
Paris announced on Sunday December 19 to lift the restriction on the issuance of visas for Algerians, a decision taken in September 2021 to protest against Algiers' refusal to readmit Algerians expelled from France in an irregular situation.
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With our correspondent in Algiers,
Fayçal Métaoui
It's the end of
a crisis that lasted almost 15 months
.
To protest against Algiers' refusal to issue consular passes to Algerians expelled from France for illegal stay, Paris
reduced the number of visas for Algerians by 50%
in September 2021.
This restriction has now been lifted, according to the announcement made by Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, at the end of a visit to Algiers, a decision effective since Monday, December 12:
“
Since last Monday, we have resumed, and we have decided to do so together, a normal consular relationship, the one that existed before the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular the relationship on visas and the exchange between our populations, and this, at the height of the extremely strong and specific friendly relationship between France and Algeria.
»
Find my statement after my trip to Algeria ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/FBd0zghgn1
– Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) December 18, 2022
In Algiers, Gérald Darmanin also discussed cooperation in several areas: “
We had an important exchange.
This has allowed France to continue to show its great desire for cooperation following the exchanges
between Presidents Tebboune and Macron
, cooperation in terms of security, civil security and exchanges between the two countries.
»
Saturday, December 17, Presidents Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Macron had a telephone exchange on the security situation in the Sahel and in Libya.
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