More than a month has passed since the French ambassador, Stéphane Romatet, returned to Algeria to resume his duties, while the Algerian Embassy in Paris has remained without an ambassador for nearly two years. This comes in the aftermath of a diplomatic and political crisis triggered by French President Emmanuel Macron’s openly perceived alignment with Morocco’s plan in the Western Sahara.
Many observers had believed that the resumption of official visits between officials from the two countries since last February — most recently the visit of Algeria’s Minister of Interior, Local Authorities and Transport, Saïd Sayoud, to France in response to an invitation from his French counterpart Laurent Nuñez, who had visited Algeria around four months earlier — signaled a gradual improvement in relations.
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