Algeria, France Revive High-Level Security Cooperation

RunWithRugs · 2026-03-22T20:06:50+00:00

Algeria and France have reinstated a senior-level security coordination framework for judicial, police, and intelligence collaboration, aiming to mend strained relations. This agreement follows discussions between officials and addresses key issues, including migration and repatriation.

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2026-03-22 20:06:50

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(MENAFN) Algeria and France announced on Tuesday their decision to reactivate a senior-level security coordination framework that encompasses judicial, police, and intelligence collaboration, a move officials described as a step toward mending previously strained relations.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez revealed the agreement after meeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, during a two-day visit that marked the first appearance by a French official of his rank in months.

Addressing journalists, Nunez explained that discussions with Algerian Interior Minister Said Sayoud and top security figures from both nations led to the formal reinstatement of the mechanism, designed to restore “normal security relations.”

The renewed framework will address judicial coordination, police collaboration, intelligence sharing, and migration-related issues, including the matter of repatriation, one of the most delicate topics between the two governments.

Nunez emphasized that the agreed-upon measures would be applied “as soon as possible,” adding that collaboration on security and migration would continue at a “very high level.”

Security cooperation has become the main avenue for rebuilding dialogue after a brief diplomatic thaw collapsed in April last year, following the detention of an Algerian diplomat in France.

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