French President Emmanuel Macron and the Algerian Abdelmadjid Tebboune had a telephone conversation on Sunday around relations between the two countries.
This came hours before the arrival of the French Prime Minister to Algeria, accompanied by an unprecedented number of ministers, to discuss cooperation agreements with Algeria.
Elisabeth Borne is expected to sign deals on economic cooperation, including energy — although deliveries of natural gas to France are “not on the table”, according to her office.
Ties between the North African country and its former colonial ruler had seen months of tensions after Macron last year questioned Algeria’s existence as a nation before the French occupation, accusing the government of fomenting “hatred towards France”.
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