Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf Receives Senior Advisor to the U.S. President for African and Middle East Affairs

The Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the National Community Abroad and African Affairs, Mr. Ahmed Attaf, received at the Ministry’s headquarters the Senior Advisor to the President of the United States for Africa and for Arab and Middle East Affairs, Mr. Massad Boulos, who is on an official visit to Algeria.

On this occasion, the Minister of State held a one-on-one meeting with Mr. Massad Boulos, followed by an expanded meeting bringing together members of the Algerian and American delegations.

The meeting provided an opportunity to review the various aspects of Algerian-American relations and to discuss ways to strengthen them and elevate them to the highest possible levels.

In this context, both sides underscored the importance of enhancing the existing strategic dialogue between Algeria and the United States, and reaffirmed the need to maintain the positive momentum characterizing the bilateral partnership, particularly in the economic fields.

Both parties also exchanged views on major current issues in the Arab world and the African continent, notably developments in Libya, the Sahel and Sahara region, as well as the Western Sahara issue.