Algeria recovers French diplomatic documents covering the period 1954-1962.

          

ALGIERS- Twenty-two volumes of French diplomatic documents copies covering the period from 1954 to 1962 (period of the war of independence,) were presented Tuesday by French Ambassador Bernard Emie to national archives of Algeria, said Wednesday the embassy of France in Algiers in a press release .

"Ambassador Bernard EMIE, High Representative of the French Republic in Algeria, handed over on June 21, to Mr. Abdelmajid Chikhi, director of the National Archives of Algeria, twenty-two volumes of French diplomatic documents copies covering the period from 1954 to 1962. These copies put into perspective the events that occurred during the war of Algeria and relate to developments in the foreign policy of France at that time, we read in the communiqué.

This is part of the peaceful and trusting dialogue engaged with Algeria on the issue of Archives; a dialogue initiated following the state visit of French President François Hollande in Algeria in December 2012.

A bilateral working group has indeed been set up and has met six times under the co-directors of two national archives in France and Algeria. A next work session is scheduled from July 19 to 21 in Algeria.

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