The French Unleash Their Former Ambassador to Attack Algeria
Xavier Driencourt, France’s former ambassador to Algeria, has reappeared in right-leaning French media outlets. The retired diplomat made two appearances on consecutive days, which suggests that this “giant” has been freed from the shackles he was believed to have been bound by during the undeclared truce unilaterally observed by Paris, in an attempt to win […] The post The French Unleash Their Former Ambassador to Attack Algeria appeared first on الشروق أونلاين.
Xavier Driencourt, France’s former ambassador to Algeria, has reappeared in right-leaning French media outlets. The retired diplomat made two appearances on consecutive days, which suggests that this “giant” has been freed from the shackles he was believed to have been bound by during the undeclared truce unilaterally observed by Paris, in an attempt to win over Algerian authorities to release the Franco-Algerian writer, Boualem Sansal, who is serving a five-year prison sentence in Algeria.
For many weeks, the retired diplomat, who worked in Algeria twice (2008 and 2012), and (2017 and 2020), had not made any media appearances. This “disappearance” coincided with a remarkable calm in French political and media circles regarding their dealings with Algeria, including those with right-wing leanings.
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