Turkey denounced this Saturday the “unacceptable” and “unwanted” comments of French President Emmanuel Macron, who accused the day before in Algeria of the “networks” manipulated by Ankara, Moscow and Beijing of spreading anti-French propaganda in Africa.
Visiting the former French colony, Emmanuel Macron called on young Algerians and Africans this Friday to “not get carried away” by “the immense manipulation” of the “networks” controlled remotely and “covertly” by foreign powers that present France as “the enemy”. He named Turkey, Russia, and China, assigning them an “influential, neocolonial, and imperialist agenda.”
Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic denounced the “extremely unpleasant” comments in a statement.
“It is unacceptable that French President Macron, who is having difficulty dealing with his colonial past in Africa, particularly in Algeria, is trying to free himself from this colonial past by accusing other countries, including our country,” he said, adding. “We hope that France will reach as soon as possible the necessary maturity to confront its colonial past without blaming other countries,” he continued.
Turn the page of tensions
The French president’s three-day visit to Algeria was intended to turn the page on the tensions in relations between the two countries in recent months.
The commemorative issue around the French colonization (1830-1962) and the bloody liberation war sparked a serious dispute between the two countries last fall, following Emmanuel Macron’s declarations in which he made peace.
This visit also comes at a time when European countries are trying to find an alternative to Russian hydrocarbon deliveries, in particular by reinforcing their supply from Algeria, a major gas producer, which in return hopes to see its role as a power confirmed. regional.
Source: BFM TV
