ROMANIA AND ALGERIA'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. BETWEEN SUPPORTING THE ALGERIAN PEOPLE AND TENSIONING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE (1954-1962)
ROMANIA AND ALGERIA'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. BETWEEN SUPPORTING THE ALGERIAN PEOPLE AND TENSIONING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE (1954-1962)

Summary/Abstract: The present work aims to analyze the main events of the Algerian war of independence and Romania's position in relation to it. In the first part, a retrospective of the Franco-Algerian conflict will be made, from its beginning on November 1, 1954 until the conclusion of the Evian Peace Agreement on March 20, 1962. In the second part of the paper, we will present how Romania positioned itself to this conflict. Like almost all states in the communist camp, the RPR helped the Algerian people by sending aid consisting of medicine and clothes to the Algerian Red Crescent in 1958 and 1962. Although there were several contacts, Romania was reluctant to recognize the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic, established in 1958 in exile because there was a possibility that diplomatic relations with France could deteriorate. Thus, the Romanian government waited for the right moment to recognize the Algerian leadership, and this happened on March 20, 1962, after the conclusion of peace, despite the protests of the French Legation in Bucharest. Later, Romania and Algeria established diplomatic relations, and on November 1, 1962, the first official Romanian delegation visited the North African state.

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