- Title: FRANCE: FRANCO-ALGERIAN ECONOMIC TALKS OPEN IN PARIS
- Date: 10th March 1966
- Summary: MINISTRY BUILDING; FRENCH DELEGATE M. GORCE ARRIVES; ALGERIAN DELEGATION LEADER M. BOUTEFLIKA AND DELEGATES ARRIVE; BOTH DELEGATIONS SEAT THEMSELVES AROUND TABLE. Initials JHS/S/MR/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 25th March 1966 13:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA6KMYB4NI8XZZ6LDI5RY8W31LB
- Story Text: FRANCO-ALGERIAN ECONOMIC TALKS, REGARDED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT SINCE ALGERIAN INDEPENDENCE IN 1962, OPENED IN PARIS TODAY (THURSDAY). THEY ARE EXPECTED TO COVER PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE MINING AND STEEL INDUSTRIES, OIL, WINE EXPORTS AND ESTIMATED 500,000 ALGERIANS WORKING IN FRANCE.
THE TALKS ARE TO SETTLE CLAIMS GOING BACK TO FRENCH RULE IN ALGERIA AND TO STRENGTHEN CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS, M. ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA, IS LEADING THE ALGERIAN DELEGATION. HE SPOKE TO PRESIDENT DE GAULLE FOR AN HOUR LAST NIGHT (WEDNESDAY) AND DELIVERED A MESSAGE FROM HIS PRIME MINISTER, COLONEL HOUARI BOUMEDIENNE, TO THE PRESIDENT.
LEADING THE FRENCH NEGOTIATING TEAM IS M. JEAN DE BROGLIE, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
REPLYING TO REPORTER'S QUESTION AFTER HIS AUDIENCE WITH PRESIDENT DE GAULLE, M. BOUTEFLIKA SAID THE PRESIDENT WAS ANXIOUS TO MAKE THE SOLUTION OF FRANCO-ALGERIAN PROBLEMS "AN EXAMPLE FOR RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GREAT POWERS AND THE UNDER-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES".
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