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Ambassador Salah Lebdioui to miss out on Paris farewell dinner?

Hastily recalled to Algiers at the beginning of September against a backdrop of Franco-Algerian tensions, the ambassador Salah Lebdioui is unsure as to whether he will be to accept an invitation from the think tank ADAPes to a debate and dinner on 21 October. [...] (246 words)

Issue dated 09/10/2020

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Diplomacy

Jean Castex abruptly postpones Algiers visit

The French prime minister Jean Castex, who was due to travel to Algiers with several of his ministers on 18 January, has postponed his trip due to diary clashes. [...]

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Why Paris and Algiers have suspended military cooperation

A diplomatic blunder by the French and then a purge of Algeria's military representation in France have prompted a complete freezing of bilateral defence relations. Africa Intelligence has the lowdown. [...]

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Presidential spokesman Belaid Mohand-Oussaid tipped as Cairo ambassador Free

If he inherits the Cairo ambassador post, the ex-diplomat and current spokesman for President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will have to tread a fine line, with Egypt and Algeria at loggerheads over the situation in Libya. [...]

ALGERIA Defence Diplomacy 23/09/2020

Stéphane Richou, a new military attaché to mend fences with generals

Just two years after his appointment, French defence attaché Renaud Devouge has been replaced by Colonel Stéphane Richou, who will have to improve relations with the military. [...]

Colonel Stéphane Richou in 2018, when he was appointed to the rank of officer of the National Order of Merit. © French Embassy in Ethiopia and to the African Union

ALGERIA Diplomacy 17/09/2020

French Embassy stays in diplomatic quarantine as François Gouyette takes charge

France's new ambassador in Algeria will have the difficult job of reviving bilateral relations, which are currently at a particularly low ebb. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune believes that France backed the "hirak" protest movement and his presidential rival Azzedine Mihoubi. [...]

French ambassador in Algeria François Gouyette. © Abaca Press

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