Paris August 26, : Algeria and France have announced that they will study the complicated and difficult past of the French colonial rule of the North African country while expanding cooperation with future joint projects. “We are determined to create the future with each other,” said French President Emmanuel Macron at the start of the three-day trip to Algeria.
The aim is to turn “a new chapter in our relations bilaterally,” he was quoted by the DPA news agency.
Macron is hoping to announce joint research, industry sports, energy, and cultural ventures.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune also expressed hopes for an exciting fresh chapter in relations and closer relations between the two countries especially in the fields of technology, trade and culture.
Both sides said they would work together to create an inquiry commission of historians from both countries.
The academics will look through numerous archives to uncover details about the colonial time period and the colonial period, said Macron.
The aim is not to erase the shared the history of the two nations, but that history should not be a hindrance in the way of the future, Macron said.
Questions about the colonial period regularly make it difficult to establish a connection between Algeria and France.
Algerians struggled from 1954 until 1962 in order to end French control of Algeria, which began in 1830.
The war claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands died and many issues associated with the war were considered unpopular in France.Macron has been working to create bridges.
France also hopes to increase the quantity of gas imports it receives from Algeria as Russian cuts to energy supplies have caused Paris with shortages.Macron will be along with Catherine MacGregor, head of French energy company Engie during his visit.
Italy signed a gas agreement with Algeria in April.
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