Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.

Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.

It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won't be easy.

I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.

The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.

With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.