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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron Says Won’t Apologize to Algeria for Colonization

French president Emmanuel Macron waits before welcoming Japan's prime minister for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on January 9, 2023. (AFP)

President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not "ask forgiveness" from Algeria for French colonization but hopes to continue working towards reconciliation with his counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune. 

"It's not up to me to ask forgiveness, that's not what this is about, that word would break all of our ties," he said in an interview for Le Point magazine published late Wednesday. 

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