{"id":60285,"date":"2026-05-11T08:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60285"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:41:10","slug":"former-french-pm-villepin-stalemate-with-algeria-serves-no-one-morocco-is-the-regions-key-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60285","title":{"rendered":"Former French PM Villepin: Stalemate with Algeria Serves No One \u2014 Morocco Is the Region&#8217;s &#8216;Key Country&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has described the recent visit by French Minister Delegate Alice Roufo to Algeria as a step in the right direction, telling <strong>dzwatch<\/strong> exclusively that the ongoing stalemate between Paris and Algiers serves neither country&#8217;s interests.<\/p>\n<p>Villepin \u2014 a vocal opponent of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq \u2014 made the remarks in comments broadcast today, addressing the latest French diplomatic moves, including Roufo&#8217;s visit alongside France&#8217;s ambassador to Algeria to commemorate the May 8, 1945 massacres and advance cooperation across multiple sectors.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether France&#8217;s deadlock with Algeria posed a strategic risk, the right-wing statesman answered firmly in the affirmative, arguing that Morocco remains a &#8216;key country in the region&#8217; and that cooperation with it is vital \u2014 a framing that raised eyebrows given the ongoing tensions between Rabat and Algiers.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to the deeply sensitive issue of expulsion orders against Algerian nationals on French soil as one of the critical obstacles straining bilateral ties that Paris must urgently address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has described the recent visit by French Minister Delegate Alice Roufo to Algeria as a step in the right direction, telling dzwatch exclusively that the ongoing stalemate between Paris and Algiers serves neither country&#8217;s interests. Villepin \u2014 a vocal opponent of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq \u2014 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}