{"id":60597,"date":"2026-05-15T11:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60597"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:26:48","slug":"macron-signals-desire-to-rebuild-france-algeria-relations-calls-for-new-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60597","title":{"rendered":"Macron Signals Desire to Rebuild France-Algeria Relations, Calls for New Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a series of significant statements from Nairobi on the sidelines of the &#8220;Africa Forward&#8221; summit, signaling a clear desire from the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace to adopt a fresh approach aimed at easing tensions and rebuilding relations with Algeria after months of diplomatic rupture.<\/p>\n<p>Macron told dzwatch that the time has come to move beyond disputes, stressing that the recent visit of French official \u00c9lise Roufo to Algeria could represent a turning point toward resuming bilateral dialogue on more solid foundations.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that relations between the two countries must be &#8220;calm, constructive, and based on mutual respect,&#8221; warning that the continued freeze serves no one and only obstructs vital files such as security cooperation, counter-terrorism in the Sahel region, migration, and trade.<\/p>\n<p>Macron also sharply criticized certain French political factions for exploiting the Algeria file for electoral purposes, confirming that freezing dialogue channels has proven to be a failure, particularly on sensitive issues that can only be resolved through direct negotiation with Algeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a series of significant statements from Nairobi on the sidelines of the &#8220;Africa Forward&#8221; summit, signaling a clear desire from the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace to adopt a fresh approach aimed at easing tensions and rebuilding relations with Algeria after months of diplomatic rupture. Macron told dzwatch that the time has come &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60596,"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-60597","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\/60597","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=60597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}