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Things to remember from Macron’s Algeria visit

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) attend a signing ceremony in the pavilion of honor at Algiers airport, in Algiers, on Aug. 27, 2022.

Key points: -French President Emmanuel Macron’s three-day visit to Algeria Aug. 25-27 involved an unprecedented meeting, bringing together — for the first time since Algeria’s independence — the two countries’ top military and intelligence officials, in the presence of both heads of state.

-This process helps turn the page on Macron’s October 2021 controversial remarks, when he argued that Algeria post-independence had been built on “a memory rent,” which Algiers had promoted beyond the Mediterranean and that set Algiers and Paris at loggerheads.

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