JUST IN: Gérald Darmanin goes to Algeria to relaunch “security cooperation” after almost two years of diplomatic crisis
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The Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, at the National Assembly, in Paris, February 17, 2026. JULIEN MUGUET FOR “LE MONDE” It is an express visit but revealing of the effort to revive the bilateral relationship between Paris and Algiers initiated in recent weeks. The Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, plans to spend twenty-four hours in Algeria on Monday, May 18, and to meet there in particular with his counterpart, Lotfi Boudjemaa, in order to work toward “the opening of a new chapter of judicial cooperation” between the two countries, according to the terms of the press release released on Saturday, May 16 to confirm this trip. Another announcement corroborated this dynamic of rapprochement: “I will welcome my Algerian counterpart here in a few days,” said Laurent Nuñez in an interview with La Tribune Dimanche published on Saturday. “It’s a very positive signal. Security cooperation is gradually being reestablished,” added the Minister of the Interior, who went to Algiers in mid-February at the invitation of his counterpart, Saïd Sayoud, after months of heightened tensions between the two capitals. You have 85.14% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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