Frankrig har afgjort et ansvar over for Algeriet og vil fortsat være sig dette ansvar bevidst med henvisning til det gamle venskab de to lande imellem. Frankrig vil således sikre, at den regering og præsident, folket har valgt, også får mulighed for - så godt som muligt og på trods af en vis modstand og visse rænker iværksat udefra, herunder, som påpeget, af nogle af vores venner - at opretholde fred og orden i en stat, som fortsat er en retsstat.
Yes, once again Algeria, although, admittedly laying itself open to this with its centuries-old internecine divides, has been given over to power struggles and my own country, France, which undoubtedly bears some responsibility towards this country, will continue to accept them in the name of ancestral friendship and to ensure that the government and the president which the country has chosen succeed in ensuring as best they can in the face of instability and certain external machinations - including, I repeat, by some of our friends - peace and the authority of a state which is, even today, a constitutional state.