France and Algeria sign a new cooperation framework with a particular emphasis on energy, the historical past and political development
Aug. 27 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of Algeria, Abdelmayid Tebboune, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, have signed this Saturday in Algiers a document that certifies a “new irreversible dynamic” in relations between the two countries, 60 years after Algerian independence from French colonialism.
“France and Algeria, strong in the exceptional human ties that unite them and resolutely determined to promote their friendship and consolidate their achievements in terms of cooperation and partnership, renew their commitment to place their relations in a dynamic of irreversible progress in accordance with the depth of its historical ties and the density of its cooperation”, announces the Elysee in a statement.
This “irreversible dynamic” will result, above all, in the creation of the so-called High Council for Cooperation at the level of Heads of State, “to deepen and design, together in a spirit of trust and mutual respect, appropriate measures to respond to bilateral issues”, and which will meet every two years, alternately in Paris and Algiers.
In the historical section, both countries have agreed to set up a “mixed commission” of French and Algerian historians on the colonial era and the War of Independence, including the opening and restitution of archives, goods and mortuary remains of resistance fighters. Algerian, as well as the disappeared.
France and Algeria will give new impetus to their economic relations to promote a balanced association in the interest of both countries, especially as regards the energy transition, in particular through cooperation in the fields of gas and hydrogen.
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