France lifts restrictions on visas granted to Algerians

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced the lifting of restrictions on visas granted to Algerian nationals, and the return of normal consular relations to what was the situation before the Corona virus pandemic.

Darmanin said, in a statement after being received by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune today, Sunday: “French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Algeria at the head of a delegation that included several ministers, asked me to return, at the invitation of President Tebboune, whom I thank for the warm reception. This morning it was I had a very rich dialogue with the Algerian Minister of Interior.

He added, "It is an opportunity for the French side to highlight its great will to continue cooperation and to value and embody the dialogue that took place between the French and Algerian presidents. Cooperation includes the security field, the protection of individuals, and cooperation in the field of exchanges between the two countries."

He added that relations have returned to what they were before the Corona pandemic regarding everything related to visas and exchanges between the peoples of the two countries, in order to elevate this exchange to the level of strong and special friendship between France and Algeria.

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