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Algeria Summons French Ambassador over Visa Restriction Decision

Algerians demonstrate iwith flags along the docks of Algiers, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP)
Algerians demonstrate iwith flags along the docks of Algiers, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP)
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Algeria Summons French Ambassador over Visa Restriction Decision

Algerians demonstrate iwith flags along the docks of Algiers, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP)
Algerians demonstrate iwith flags along the docks of Algiers, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP)

Algeria has summoned the French ambassador following the French government's pledge to slash the number of visas available to nationals from Maghreb countries.

The French government's move is in response to North African governments' refusal to take back illegal migrants sent home by French authorities.

Algeria's foreign ministry said in a statement that the French ambassador had been summoned "to notify him a formal protest ...following the unilateral decision of the French government".

The move had previously been reported by BFM television.

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US Ambassador to Lebanon 'Very Happy' over Aoun's Election as President

People carry national flags as they hold a moment of silence marking the one-year anniversary of Beirut's port blast, near the site of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Emilie Madi Purchase Licensing Rights
People carry national flags as they hold a moment of silence marking the one-year anniversary of Beirut's port blast, near the site of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Emilie Madi Purchase Licensing Rights
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US Ambassador to Lebanon 'Very Happy' over Aoun's Election as President

People carry national flags as they hold a moment of silence marking the one-year anniversary of Beirut's port blast, near the site of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Emilie Madi Purchase Licensing Rights
People carry national flags as they hold a moment of silence marking the one-year anniversary of Beirut's port blast, near the site of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Emilie Madi Purchase Licensing Rights

US ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson said she was "very happy" over Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun's election as president on Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the post.

Johnson and other foreign envoys had attended Thursday's session at the Lebanese parliament in which Aoun was elected.

For its part, France's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday said the election of a new Lebanese president turns a new page for the country and must now be followed by the appointment of a new government capable of carrying out reforms.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said that a new government will have carry out reforms necessary for Lebanon's economic recovery, stability, security and sovereignty, and added that France calls on all Lebanese political leaders and authorities to work towards those goals.