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Macron pledged to keep French troops in the Sahel region of western Africa, to help to "decapitate" Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent groups.
France and five allies meet next week to discuss the Sahel's jihadist insurgency.
Morocco has denied that three of its soldiers were killed by the Polisario Front, casting the claim as propaganda.
The Polisario Front bombarded the Guerguerat buffer zone in an overnight attack slammed by Morocco as "propaganda war".
The two Muslim-majority nations were 'next in line' to normalise ties with Israel, two senior officials said this week.
The Polisario Front said that it was willing to join talks on the Western Sahara's future, but would not lay down its arms.
The US is set to open a consulate in the contested Western Sahara.
The defence ministry said the cash was an "instalment of the ransom" paid out in a controversial October agreement.
Couscous, a staple dish in both Algeria and Morocco has been given the UNESCO treatment
Analysis: Threatened by Arab-Israeli normalisation deals and US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, Algeria's ties to Washington could weaken as it moves closer to Russia.
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