Chère madame la ministre @BendoudaMalika, merci pour votre accueil chaleureux.
Nous ouvrons une nouvelle page des relations entre l'Institut du monde arabe et l'Algérie 🇩🇿, un des membres fondateurs : expositions à venir, résidence d'artistes, cinéma, les champs sont nombreux !
🇩🇿Algérie – 🇫🇷France : CREA et MEDEF appellent à renforcer la coopération économique
Le Conseil du Renouveau Économique Algérien et le Mouvement des Entreprises de France ont appelé, dans un communiqué commun publié le 26 avril 2026, à renforcer la coopération économique entre les deux pays.
La visite à Alger du président du MEDEF, Patrick Martin, à l’invitation de Kamel Moula, président du CREA, s’inscrit dans cette dynamique. Les deux organisations soulignent la nécessité de « renforcer les partenariats de voisinage fondés sur la confiance, le partage des intérêts et la complémentarité ».
Dans un contexte international marqué par des tensions géopolitiques, énergétiques et climatiques, elles estiment qu’il devient « plus que jamais nécessaire d’intensifier et de structurer le dialogue économique entre les acteurs économiques ».
Le communiqué rappelle également que les relations économiques entre l’Algérie et la France doivent s’adapter aux enjeux du XXIe siècle, alors que « des centaines d’entreprises françaises de toutes tailles sont implantées en Algérie et travaillent en étroite collaboration avec leurs homologues algériennes ».
Enfin, les deux organisations soulignent la complémentarité des deux économies et leur position stratégique en Méditerranée, « au carrefour de l’Afrique et de l’Europe », comme un levier pour de nouveaux investissements.
Elles annoncent par ailleurs la préparation prochaine d’un programme de travail sectoriel commun entre entreprises algériennes et françaises.
Arrivé à Alger. Je crois profondément à la diplomatie économique.
Durant mon séjour, j’irai à la rencontre des entreprises françaises et algériennes, ainsi que des acteurs binationaux qui font le lien au quotidien.
Ils incarnent le cœur vivant d’un avenir économique partagé entre nos deux pays.
Alors que s’achève ma visite en Algérie, marquée notamment hier soir par une rencontre avec la communauté d’affaires française, algérienne et binationale, j’ai eu l’opportunité de découvrir un pays au caractère affirmé et de mesurer la qualité de l’accueil réservé par un peuple avec lequel nous partageons des liens profonds.
Le renforcement de notre collaboration économique repose sur une relation d’exception, bâtie autour de nos entreprises et portée par l’engagement conjoint des acteurs français, algériens et binationaux, dans une logique clairement gagnante-gagnante pour nos deux pays.
Je suis convaincu que ce partenariat a un avenir prometteur. Je reviendrai avec la volonté de poursuivre et d’approfondir ce que nous avons commencé à bâtir ensemble.
Communion between Christians and Muslims takes shape under the mantle of Our Lady of Africa. Here, in #Algeria, the maternal love of Lalla Meryem gathers everyone as children, within our rich diversity, in our shared aspiration for dignity, love, justice, and peace. In a world where division and wars sow pain and death, living in unity and peace is a compelling sign. #ApostolicJourney
Algeri, dichiarazioni congiunte alla stampa con il Presidente della Repubblica Algerina Democratica e Popolare, @TebbouneAmadjid https://t.co/8tynN1gV4Z
🇷🇺🇩🇿 March 23 marks the 6️⃣4️⃣th anniversary of #RussiaAlgeria diplomatic relations.
Algeria remains one of Russia’s leading trade partners in Africa.
🎉 We extend our best wishes to our Algerian friends on this occasion and wish them prosperity.
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I am a diplomatic aide in the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
My job is logistics. When two countries that cannot speak to each other need to speak to each other, I book the rooms. I prepare the briefing materials. I make sure the water glasses are the right distance apart. You would be surprised how much of diplomacy is water glasses. Too close and it feels informal. Too far and it feels like a tribunal. I have a chart.
We had a very good month.
Since January, Oman has been mediating indirect talks between the United States and Iran on Iran's nuclear program. The talks were held in Muscat and in Geneva. The Americans would sit in one room. The Iranians would sit in another room. I would walk between them. My Fitbit says I averaged fourteen thousand steps on negotiation days. The hallway between the two rooms at the Royal Opera House conference center is forty-seven meters. I walked it two hundred and twelve times in February. This is good for my cardiovascular health. It was less good for my knees. Both are in the service of peace.
By mid-February, we had something.
Iran agreed to zero stockpiling of enriched uranium. Not reduced stockpiling. Zero. They agreed to down-blend existing stockpiles to the lowest possible level. They agreed to convert them into irreversible fuel. They agreed to full IAEA verification with potential US inspector access. They agreed, in the Foreign Minister's phrase, to "never, ever" possess nuclear material for a bomb. I have worked in diplomacy for seven years. I have never seen a country agree to this many things this quickly. I made a spreadsheet of the concessions. It had fourteen rows. I color-coded it. Green for confirmed. Yellow for pending. By February 21 the spreadsheet was entirely green. I printed it. It is on my desk in Muscat. It is still green.
That phrase took eleven days. "Never, ever." The Iranians initially offered "not seek to." The Americans wanted "will not under any circumstances." We landed on "never, ever" at 2:14 AM on a Tuesday in Muscat. I typed the final version myself. I used Times New Roman because Geneva prefers it. The document was fourteen pages. I was proud of every comma.
Here is what they said, in the order they said it.
February 24: "We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity." — The Foreign Minister, private briefing to Gulf Cooperation Council ambassadors. I prepared the slide deck. Slide 14 was the implementation timeline. Slide 15 was the signing ceremony logistics. I had reserved the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Room XX. It seats four hundred. We discussed pen brands for the signing. The Iranians preferred Montblanc. The Americans had no preference. I ordered twelve Montblanc Meisterstucks at six hundred and thirty dollars each. They arrive on Tuesday.
February 27, 8:30 AM EST: "The deal is within our reach." — The Foreign Minister, CBS Face the Nation. He sat across from Margaret Brennan. He said broad political terms could be agreed "tomorrow" with ninety days for technical implementation in Vienna. He said, and I wrote this line for the briefing card he carried in his breast pocket: "If we just allow diplomacy the space it needs." He praised the American envoys by name. Steve Witkoff. Jared Kushner. He said both had been constructive.
I watched from the Four Seasons Georgetown. The minibar had cashews. I ate the cashews. They were nineteen dollars. The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten. But it was a good morning and we were within our reach.
February 27, 2:00 PM EST: Meeting with Vice President Vance, Washington. The Foreign Minister presented our progress. Zero stockpiling. Full verification. Irreversible conversion. "Never, ever." The Vice President used the word "encouraging." His aide took notes on an iPad. The aide did not make eye contact for the last nine minutes of the meeting. I noticed this. Noticing things is the only part of my job that is not water glasses.
February 27, 4:00 PM EST: "Not happy with the pace." — President Trump, to reporters.
Not happy with the pace.
We had achieved zero stockpiling. Full IAEA verification. Irreversible fuel conversion. Inspector access. And the phrase "never, ever," which took eleven days and cost me two hundred and twelve trips down a forty-seven-meter hallway.
Every American president since Carter has failed to get Iran to agree to this. Forty-five years.
Not happy with the pace.
February 27, 9:47 PM EST: The Foreign Minister's flight departs Dulles for Muscat. I am in the seat behind him. He is reviewing Slide 14 on his laptop. The implementation timeline. Vienna technical sessions. The signing ceremony. The pens.
I fall asleep over the Atlantic. I dream about water glasses.
February 28, 6:00 AM GST: I wake up to push notifications.
February 28: "The United States has begun major combat operations in Iran." — President Trump.
Operation Epic Fury. Coordinated airstrikes. The United States and Israel. Tehran. Isfahan. Qom. Karaj. Kermanshah. Nuclear facilities. IRGC bases. Sites near the Supreme Leader's office. Israel called their half Operation Roaring Lion. Someone in both governments spent time choosing these names. Epic Fury. Roaring Lion. I spent eleven days on "never, ever." They spent it on branding. The President said Iran had "rejected American calls to halt its nuclear weapons production."
Rejected.
Iran had agreed to zero stockpiling. Iran had agreed to full verification. Iran had agreed to "never, ever." Iran had agreed to everything in a fourteen-page document that I typed in Times New Roman.
The President said they rejected it.
I do not know which document the President was reading. I know which one I typed.
February 28, 18:45 UTC: Iran internet connectivity: four percent. — NetBlocks, confirmed by Cloudflare. Ninety-six percent of a country went dark. You cannot negotiate with a country at four percent connectivity. You cannot negotiate with a country that is being struck. You cannot negotiate. This is not a political opinion. This is a logistics assessment.
February 28: The governor of Minab reported forty girls killed at an elementary school.
I do not have logistics for that. There is no slide for that. The water glass chart does not cover that.
February 28: Lockheed Martin: up. Northrop Grumman: up. RTX: up. Dow futures: down six hundred and twenty-two points. Gold: five thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars. An analyst at AInvest published a note titled "Iran Strikes: Tactical Plays." The note recommended positions in oil, defense stocks, and gold.
The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten was nineteen dollars. The most expensive pen I have ever ordered was six hundred and thirty dollars. The math suggests I have been working in the wrong industry. Defense stocks do not require water glasses. Defense stocks do not require eleven days. Defense stocks require one morning.
February 28: Israel closed its airspace and its schools. Iran launched retaliatory missiles toward US bases in the Gulf. The Supreme Leader promised a "crushing response." Israel's defense minister declared a permanent state of emergency. Everyone is using words I recognize in an order I do not. I recognize "permanent." I recognize "emergency." I do not recognize them next to each other. In diplomacy, nothing is permanent and everything is an emergency. In war it is the reverse.
February 28: The Foreign Minister has not made a public statement.
The briefing card is still in his breast pocket. It still says "within our reach."
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Les deux lives d’iShowSpeed en Algérie ont cumulé plus de 13 millions de vues en seulement 24 heures 🤯
Aucun autre pays n’a fait mieux depuis le début de sa tournée africaine.
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Revolut is preparing to sign a lease for French office space in Paris, which will serve as the HQ for Revolut Western Europe.
The office is located in the historic banking district, also known as the Parisian Silicon Valley, just a few steps away from Le Sentier Métro station at 116 rue Réaumur.
Revolut will initially lease the first four floors of the building, an area of over 2,000 square meters, suitable for 230 workstations.
In May 2025, Revolut announced that it had chosen Paris, France, as the location for its Western European HQ, with a commitment to invest €1B and create over 200 jobs. It intends to obtain a French banking license, under which it will provide services in Ireland, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy and France.
It was an honor to pay a farewell visit to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf. 🤝
The meeting was an opportunity to express deep appreciation for the warm cooperation, open dialogue, and constant support to our mission. Grateful for the partnership between our two countries, with full confidence that the bridges built between us will only grow stronger in the years ahead. ❤️🇺🇸🇩🇿