(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Algeria's ambassador to France will return to Paris in the
coming days, French President Emmanuel Macron's Elysee office said
on Friday, in a move signaling a recovery in relations a month
after a diplomatic spat, trend reports citing al
arabiya .
The Elysee palace said that during a telephone conversation,
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune had told Macron that the
ambassador would return.
In February, Algeria recalled its ambassador to Paris, accusing
France of orchestrating the escape of an activist it wants for
arrest and triggering a new crisis between the countries after
months of warming relations.
Amira Bouraoui, a rights activist detained during the 2019 mass
protests in Algeria and freed from prison in 2020, had allegedly
crossed into Tunisia illegally after evading Algerian judicial
surveillance, according to Algerian and French media.
She was arrested in Tunisia in early February but was later
allowed to fly to France, French media have reported.
“The two heads of state have discussed the conditions of the
departure from Tunisia and arrival in France... of a
Franco-Algerian national ... this discussion has cleared up
misunderstandings,” the Elysee statement said.
It added that following Macron's visit to Algeria last August,
the presidents agreed on the need to boost cooperation between the
two countries in every area, with a view to a future state visit to
France by Tebboune.
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