“There is a new beginning”

Emmanuel Macron responded to the invitation of his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The French president will return to Algiers (Algeria) on Saturday August 27 to sign a joint declaration, a renewed partnership. “It bodes well that the two presidents have come to an agreement, that they have moved forward on projects that were not planned before. But the main thing is still to keep these commitments because we don’t is not at the first surprise in the bilateral agreements. They do not always keep their promises so what is important is that President Tebboune does better than his predecessor”analyzes Antoine Basbous, political scientist and specialist in the Arab world, on the 23h set of Franceinfo Friday August 26.

Emmanuel Macron’s last visit to Algeria dates back to 2017. “There was the Covid, there was the disruption of relations, the visa affair which was grafted onto all that. So there is a new start, let’s hope it will be the right start, that the promises will be kept in fine and that the years to come will show that what has been signed will have been kept”emphasizes Antoine Basbous.