🇷🇺 🇩🇿 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune participated in the plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (June 16, 2023)

⚡Part III⚡

Key topics:

#Algeria

💬 Abdelmadjid Tebboune (retranslated): I conclude from your words, Mr President, that you are a friend to the whole of humanity, a friend to all countries. Like in Algeria, we love everyone, except those who feel animosity toward us.

💬 Vladimir Putin: We have long-standing, close and friendly relations with Algeria. We love the Algerian people, who fought for their independence from 1954, as far as I remember, to nearly 1962–1963, and who have lost 1.5 million lives in that struggle. Even after they gained independence in 1962, 🇫🇷 army held nuclear tests in the Sahara, in the Algerian territory, in 1963–1964, and the country can feel the grave consequences of that to this day.

🤝 Mr President, we are grateful to you for your stance and your desire to help, including to support our efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the crisis in Ukraine.