Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel received, on 08th November, Lord Richard RisbyWith Lord Richard Risby: Discussions on bilateral relations and their enhancement & other issues of common interest namely fight against Terrorism,  Deradicalization & Algeria-UK relations. Lord Risby hails the quality of Algeria-UK relations, expresses readiness to enhance them further & commends Algeria for the progress […]

Hon. Henry Oryem Okello, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (International Affairs), today received the Algerian Ambassador in the framework of the periodical global overview on the state of the progress in terms of cooperation in various areas.  

October 28, 2017 – AUC Chairperson, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat.   STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION OF THE AFRICAN UNION ON THE SUMMIT OF THE AFRICAN UNION/EUROPEAN UNION OF ABIDJAN. Addis Ababa, October 28, 2017: The Government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire has submitted a note verbale to the African Union Commission in […]

Raffi Gregorian, the Acting Deputy Coordinator for Regional and Multilateral Affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism (CT), praised, on 24th October, Algeria’s expertise in the fight against terrorism, calling for sharing this experience with other countries. In a statement following an audience granted to him by Minister of Religious […]

Algiers, 24 October 2017. Prime Minister OUYAHIA received Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of Namibia wo paid an official visit to Algeria from October 23-24. The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel.      

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of Namibia Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is paying, as from Sunday, a working visit to Algiers to co-chair, along with the head of the Algerian diplomacy Abdelkader Messahel, the works of the first session of the joint cooperation Commission on 23 and 24 October. Mr Abdelkader […]

Page 220 of the Report. « Morocco is the world’s largest producer and exporter of cannabis. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Morocco’s total cannabis production for the 2015-2016 growing season was an estimated 700 metric tons, which, potentially equivalent to as much as 23 percent of Morocco’s $100 billion GDP once […]

Brussels, 19 October 2017. Foriegn Minister Mr Abdelkader Messahel co-chair with Mrs Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, the 1st session of Algeria European Union Strategic Dialogue on fight against terrorism & regional security. Mrs Mogherini said that the Algeria-EU strategic dialogue on regional security  is « very important » for the Union, […]

The theme of this 2nd STC Ministerial Session is « Opportunities for Migration & Free Movement of Persons in Africa & Mitigating Challenges ». In a bid to strength its decision-making processes, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government adopted Decision, Assembly/AU/Dec.227 (XII), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February 2009. The decision took into consideration reconfiguration […]

October 16, 2017 – AUC H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat Addis Ababa, 16 October 2017 – The African Union (AU) Executive Council held an extraordinary meeting today 16 October 2017, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa to accelerate consultations ahead of the 5th African Union (AU) – European Union (EU) Summit to be held in Abidjan, […]

In Nouakchott, Messahel was welcomed by his counterpart, Mr Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izidbih, and he was received in audience by President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz to whom he delivered a message sent by President Abdelaziz_Bouteflika. On this occasion, the Mauritanian President welcomed the « quality » of the bilateral relations, while indicating « his will to strengthen them further ». In this […]

NEW YORK (United States)- Decolonization of Western Sahara is an « urgent and crucial issue » for the region’s stability, Algeria’s ambassador and permanent representative at the United Nations, Sabri Boukadoum said, adding that there is no alternative to the respect of Western Sahara’s right to self-determination. There is « no alternative to the United Nations doctrine on […]

The first agreement, inked by Minister of Justice and his Russian counterpart Alexander Konovalov, provides for judicial cooperation between the two countries, particularly in criminal matters. The second agreement, signed by Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform Mokhtar Hasbellaoui and Russian Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova, includes an executive program of cooperation in the field […]

Algerian businessmen will head for Russia soon to continue discussions with Russian companies on cooperation and partnership opportunities, announced Tuesday in Algiers Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia. « A delegation of Algerian businessmen representing public companies will head for Russia to continue discussions with Russian partners, » said Ouyahia during a press conference held jointly with his Russian […]

Delegates at the 86th INTERPOL General Assembly in Beijing, China have elected five new members to the Organization’s Executive Committee. The new Vice President for Africa is Algeria’s Benyamina Abbad, Commissaire Divisionnaire de Police. Commissioner Olushola Kamar Subair the head of INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau in Nigeria was elected as delegate for Africa, and Executive […]

His Excellency John Chrysostom Alintuma Nsambu, Ambassador of Uganda to Algeria, presented copy of his crendentials to Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel. Mr. Nsambu studied at the United States International University in San Diego and at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany. He has a bachelor’s of international relations and a master’s of political science. […]

Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel called on Syria to return to the League of Arab States. “We have historical ties with Syria and we call for its return to the Arab League” ; Mesahel told the Russia Today  news agency in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Messahel added that the contacts which Algeria […]

Statement Summary (UN Source):  ABDELKADER MESSAHEL, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria, noting that leaders at each Assembly session had decried the “miserable state of the world”, urged leaders not to give up in confronting long-standing global challenges.  “We cannot but question our collective conscience over the deep-rooted causes” that had bankrupted global systems designed to […]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelkader Messahel took part in the 8th Ministerial Coordination Committee meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) that took place on Wednesday 20th September in New York, according to a statement issued by the Ministry.  During this meeting, the Minister reaffirmed Algeria’s support towards the activities of this international forum […]

The Minister of Culture, Mr Azzedine Mihoubi, announced the creation of the « Miriam Makeba of artistic creativity » prize which will be awarded every 14th September. The announcement was made at the opening of the African meeting of « Writers, directors and creators of African music » which took place on 14th and 15th September at El Djazair Hotel in Algiers. The meeting is […]