Macron's office: Algeria envoy returning to Paris, spat ends

25/3/2023 7:35

        Algeria’s ambassador to France, recalled home in February, will be returning to his post in the coming days, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Friday in a sign that the latest diplomatic spat between the two countries has been resolved.
        
        Ambassador Said Moussi was recalled after a well-known Algerian militant was whisked to France from Tunisia on Feb. 6 with the help of French diplomats, a move that defied an official demand for her to be returned home. Amira Bouraoui also holds French nationality. She was not supposed to leave Algerian territory and authorities in Algiers said her flight to France amounted to an "illegal exfiltration."
        
        President Abdelmadjid Tebboune informed Macron in a phone call that the ambassador would be returning to Paris shortly.