ALGIERS —
Algeria said Tuesday it would reopen its land
bor-der with Tunisia later this month, more than two years after it was shut at
the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
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“We have taken the joint decision to reopen the land
border from July 15,” said President
Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
He was speaking at Algiers airport alongside his
Tunisian counterpart President Kais Saied, who was leaving the country after
attending a huge parade marking 60 years since Algeria’s independence from
France.
Passengers had been blocked from crossing the border
since March 2020 to stop the COVID-19 illness spreading, although cargo traffic
had con-tinued.
Being cut off from a neighbor of some 44 million
people has dealt a seri-ous blow to Tunisia’s tourism industry.
More than 3 million Algerians usually visit the
country every year, ac-cording to local media.
Air and sea links between the two countries were
restored in June 2021.
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