President Bouteflika Receives Tunisian PM
Algiers — President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika has received Sunday in Algiers Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid, who is on an official visit to Algeria.
The audience was attended by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, Deputy Minister for National Defence, Chief of Staff of the People’s National Army, Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramtane Lamamra, and Minister of Maghreb and African Affairs and International Cooperation Abdelkader Messahel.
Essid started Saturday a two-day visit to Algiers as part of the political consultation, conducted at the highest level between the two countries for several years.
The visit is an opportunity for the two sides to examine relations in political, security and socioeconomic fields, and to assess cooperation and the implementation of joint projects.