President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has once more postponed a visit to France and accused its former colonial ruler of 'genocide', in a sign of ever-worsening relations between Algiers and Paris.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has once more postponed a visit to France and accused its former colonial ruler of"genocide", in a sign of ever-worsening relations between Algiers and Paris.Its roots
But given increasingly tense relations between the two countries, Algiers views an official visit to France as a potentially humiliating experience.But relations nose-dived in July after Macron sent a letter to King Mohammed VI of Morocco voicing support for the Kingdom's autonomy plan in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Signed in 1968, at a time when France needed workers for its economy, it grants Algerians special status in relation to rights of movement, residence and employment - allowing them to set up businesses as traders or self-employed professionals through"residence certificates" rather than residence permits.Last year the rightwing Republicans, backed by the far-right, anti-immigration National Rally , tabled a motion calling for the termination of the agreement.
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