France mentioned Sunday it had ended months of tensions over a visa dispute with Algeria, simply days after Paris and Rabat made the same announcement.

French Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin, on a go to to the capital Algiers, introduced a return “to a standard consular relationship” with Algeria, in line with an announcement posted on Twitter.

In September 2021, Paris diminished visa quotas to its former colonies of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, in a bid to encourage the nations to cooperate in opposition to irregular migration.

Paris slashed charges by 30 % for Tunisia, and 50 % for Algeria and Morocco, within the hopes the nations would repatriate their residents dwelling in France as irregular migrants.

The transfer sparked widespread public anger.

France restored visa charges with Tunisia to pre-Covid ranges in August, and on Friday, French Overseas Minister Catherine Colonna mentioned Paris had returned to “full consular cooperation” with Morocco.

Consular ties with each Algeria and Morocco have been efficient since December 12, Paris has mentioned.

On Sunday, Darmanin praised an “extraordinarily robust relationship” between Paris and Algiers.