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Algeria News portal:Ségolène Royal, president of the France–Algeria Association, expressed her approval of the diplomatic progress which Algeria achieved with her country through her assessment of Élysée Palace’s decision to restore the French ambassador to Algeria.

🛑رئيسة جمعية #الجزائر 🇩🇿 #فرنسا 🇫🇷 سيغولان رويال في تعليقها على عودة السفير الفرنسي لدى الجزائر ومشاركته رفقة الوزيرة المنتدبة لدى وزيرة الجيوش والمحاربين القدامى في الحكومة الفرنسية في مراسم إحياء ذكرى مجازر 8 ماي 1945 في الجزائر
🛑 سيغولان رويال : أرحب بأول خطوة أثمرت اليوم… pic.twitter.com/epjgMFIIPD

— بوابة الجزائر – Algeria Gate (@algatedz) May 8, 2026

Royal announced through her “X” platform account that she achieved this outcome through her previous work for the France–Algeria Association which established intelligence-based relations between the two nations.

Rappel de mes efforts au nom de l’association France-Algérie de liens renoués en bonne intelligence et sans rapport de force qui débouchent aujourd’hui sur un premier mouvement positif que je salue : la reconnaissance officielle du souvenir douloureux des massacres du 8 mai que… https://t.co/9Ihg4q8y0i

— Ségolène Royal (@RoyalSegolene) May 8, 2026

The French official regarded Élysée’s actions as official acknowledgment of the May 8 1945 massacre’s tragic historical events which Royal had requested multiple times including her recent trip to Algeria when she appeared on Algerian television. She believed that both nations would benefit from this answer to the request.

🚨Quelques heures après son retour en #Algérie 🇩🇿par ordre de l’Élysée, l’ambassadeur🇫🇷 #Stéphane_Romatet apparaît publiquement à #Sétif et participe aux commémorations des massacres du 8 mai 1945 avec une ministre française. pic.twitter.com/oLZU2Dfuui

— بوابة الجزائر – Algeria Gate (@algatedz) May 8, 2026

Royal warned that political entities should not use the name of African journalist Christophe Gleys who remains imprisoned in Algeria for terrorist glorification charges because this behavior goes against his true intentions and needs.

Royal believes that the only way to achieve his freedom depends on a presidential pardon which he requested together with his mother while she confirmed her written support for this initiative. She argued that any political use of this situation would produce negative outcomes because it would damage the sensitive work that has been conducted so far which she explained to Lauren.

Algeria News portal: French Ambassador to Algeria Stéphane Romatet, who had just been retuned to his post following a decision taken in the Élysée Palace grasps with Minister Delegate to the French government Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans, took part on video recently broadcast in Setif a city east of Algeria, commemorating the massacres perpetrated by colonial forces of France against Algerians in May 8th 1945s.

🛑 أول ظهور علني للسفير الفرنسي 🇫🇷 لدى #الجزائر🇩🇿 #ستيفان_روماتيه بمدينة سطيف (شرق الجزائر) ساعات عقب عودته لمنصبه بقرار من قصر الأليزيه
🛑السفير الفرنسي شارك رفقة وزيرة في الحكومة الفرنسية في مراسم إحياء ذكرى مجازر 8 ماي 1945 pic.twitter.com/c6Q0IYdHBg

— بوابة الجزائر – Algeria Gate (@algatedz) May 8, 2026

The presence of senior French officials—most notably the resumption of the French ambassador a year after his recall—during the commemoration of such an historic event that remains imprinted in the collective memory of Algerians is nothing short of proof positive to France’s recognition of its crimes against the people of Algeria.

The artwork also has a distinct political message, indicating that relations between the two countries are improving after the diplomatic crisis two years ago.

Algeria News Portal:Fox News national security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin Reports Wednesday the U.S. military that striking part of it was a because according to an official from Pentagon senior, experts targeted Iran ports sectarian Qeshm city port and at Bandar Abbas The U.S. official acknowledged the op was “limited” and won’t “reignite hostilities.” Nor does it end any agreement in place on a ceasefire, he said, while also noting that the strike took place two days after Iran fired 15 ballistic and cruise missiles toward Fujairah that raised tensions in the Gulf and angered local Arab states.

فوكس نيوز: الجيش الأمريكي نفذ للتوّ هجمات على بندر عباس وميناء قشم في إيرانhttps://t.co/6bHkHHP82j pic.twitter.com/4f8P8glSNI

— القدس العربي AlqudsAlarabi (@alqudsalarabi) May 7, 2026