Despite Washingtons warnings, Algerian President A. Tebbun made a successful state visit to Russia

The state visit of the President of Algeria A. Tebbun to Russia, which took place from June 13 to 16, was distinguished by a more than full program, became a serious irritant for the United States, which would not want to see him in the Russian capital.

During his trip to the Russian Federation, the Algerian leader held extensive talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and the Russian Prime Minister, spoke at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and signed a number of bilateral agreements with Moscow, including a declaration on a deepened strategic partnership. This document, according to President Putin, marked a new, more advanced stage in relations between the two countries.

Moreover, President Tebboune inaugurated a square on Patriarchal Ponds in the historic heart of Moscow, named after Emir Abdelkader, Algerias national hero and founder of the modern Algerian state, who became a symbol of the struggle against French colonialism in the mid-19th century. The truly outstanding personality of this Muslim and Arab leader is of deserved interest to modern historians. There are events in Abdelkaders biography that linked him closely to Russia when, in 1860, he saved the staff of the Russian consulate in Damascus and was awarded the honorary Russian Order of the White Eagle.

Such independent line of the president Tebboune on the eve of his visit to Russia caused noticeable irritation in the US and France, which transparently hinted to the Algerian leader that he should not go to Moscow. It is neither timely nor in line with the approach of the West, which is used to cavalierly handing out instructions to its satellites as to with whom and how relations can be built. However, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, like his historic predecessor, whose memory he commemorated in Moscow, has shown political firmness, loyalty to national interests and pointed out to the overzealous Westerners their place. The United States is a fri...