- Title: France's Macron arrives in Algeria to relaunch ties
- Date: 25th August 2022
- Summary: ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** REPORTERS VARIOUS OF MACRON GREETING ALGERIAN MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT MACRON, TEBBOUNE AND FRENCH AND ALGERIAN MINISTERS IN ROOM DURING BILATERAL MEETING MACRON AND TEBBOUNE TALKING MACRON TEBBOUNE MACRON AND FRENCH MINISTERS / TEBBOUNE AND ALGERIAN MINISTERS
- Embargoed: 8th September 2022 16:28
- Keywords: Abdelmadjid Tebboune Algeria Algiers Emmanuel Macron France
- Location: ALGIERS REGION, ALGERIA
- City: ALGIERS REGION, ALGERIA
- Country: Algeria
- Topics: Africa,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA003062825082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: PLEASE NOTE: EDIT 0133-ALGERIA-MACRON/PREVIEW CONTAINS VOX POPS FROM ALGERIANS, SOUNDBITES FROM POLITICAL ANALYST, AND RELEVANT ARCHIVAL IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Algeria on Thursday (August 25) for a first visit since 2017, hoping to build trade links and turn the page on a diplomatic row tied to disputes over the legacy of France's colonial rule.
Stepping from the plane in Algiers, Macron was met on the red carpet by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, both in facemasks, as a military band played their national anthems.
Ties with Algeria have become more important for France because the war in Ukraine has increased demand in Europe for North African gas, and because of surging migration across the Mediterranean.
During his three-day trip, Macron will reach out to young Algerians with scheduled stops focused on youth culture including breakdancing and North African "Rai" pop music.
France is home to more than 4 million people of Algerian origin.
However, the relationship remains scarred by the trauma of the 1954-1962 war in which Algeria won independence from France, with hundreds of thousands of Algerians killed.
That difficult history played into a diplomatic row last year when Macron was quoted as saying Algeria's leaders had rewritten the history of the independence struggle based on a hatred of France.
Macron will later on Thursday attend a ceremony for Algerians killed in the war of independence.
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