President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, said on Saturday that the excellence of relations with France is tied to the treatment of the file of Memory, which must be ridden of the remnants of colonialism.
In a message, read on his behalf by the Secretary General of the Ministry of the Mujahedin, Laid Rebika, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 76th anniversary of the massacres of May 8, 1945 in Sétif, the President of the Republic underlined that “The excellence of relations with the French Republic would not exist outside the history and the treatment of the files of Memory which cannot be subject to any renunciation.”
The President of the republic indicated in this regard, that several projects remain open, such as the recovery of the rest of skulls of resistance fighters, the archives, the file of the missing and the compensation of the victims of nuclear tests in the South.
For President Tebboune, these issues must be dealt with “seriously and sobriety” so that the relationship between Algeria and France can be strengthened on a solid basis.
In this regard, the Head of State stressed that “If looking towards the promising future is the key to strengthening and enhancing the ties between nations, this future must nevertheless have a solid foundation, free of all the troubles of the past,” affirming that “Algeria is ready to overcome all obstacles and to smooth out all the difficulties for a better future, and to boost an exceptional partnership in order to raise relations to a strategic level, if the right conditions are in place.
Algerian and French peoples ” strive for a better future based on trust and understanding, in their best interests, within the framework of mutual respect and equality “, concluded the President of the Republic.
