France’s Macron: I hope tensions with Algeria will soon ease

French President Emmanuel Macron meets residents in Algiers. Algeria has announced the immediate recall of its ambassador from Paris in a burst of fury over what it said were "inadmissible" comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP)
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Updated 05 October 2021
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France’s Macron: I hope tensions with Algeria will soon ease

  • French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that he hoped diplomatic tensions with Algeria would soon ease

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that he hoped diplomatic tensions with Algeria would soon ease.
“My wish is that is that we can calm things down because I think it is better to talk to one another, and to make progress,” Macron told France Inter radio in an interview, adding he had “very cordial” relations with Algeria’s President.


Safran to open landing gear plant in Morocco

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Safran to open landing gear plant in Morocco

RABAT: Safran Landing Systems, a subsidiary of ​French aerospace group Safran, signed a deal with Morocco on Friday to set ‌up a ‌landing ​gear ‌factory ⁠near Casablanca ​worth 280 ⁠million euros ($332 mln) to supply the Airbus A320, Safran Chair Ross ⁠McIness said.
The new ‌plant ‌will ​help ‌Safran support the ‌production pace of the Airbus A320 family and prepare ‌the next generation of short and medium-haul ⁠aircraft, ⁠McIness said at the deal’s signing ceremony chaired by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI at the Royal Palce in ​Casablanca.