US President Advisor in Algeria to schedule important security meetings
In the framework of a Maghreban mission
US President Advisor in Algeria to schedule important security meetings
El Khabar, 9 July 2007
A political source reported that the US president homeland security and counter-terrorism advisor has held meetings with Algerian security officials yesterday in order to organize periodic security meetings in Algeria and the USA that fall within intelligence and security coordination between the two countries.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has charged his advisor HEM Kamel Rezzag-Bara to receive the US president advisor Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend who said by her arrival to the airport that she came “to discuss with Algerian officials counter-terrorism related issues”, exhorting the Algerian experience in this field.
She stated, in a declaration reported by Algeria News Agency APS that “the USA would like to take advantage from that experience in its fight against peace and security enemies worldwide”.
The official in charge of communication and cultural affairs at the US embassy in Algeria, Mr. Mathieu Goshko told El Khabar that Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend visit has been on the agenda for long, noting that she is charged by President Bush to “hold important meetings with Algerian officials on terrorism related issues”. The same source added that he doesn’t know the Algerian officials the US senior official is to meet, stressing that the visit lasts one day and is a Maghreban one, as she visited Morocco earlier and is to visit Libya later.
09-07-2007
By H. Y/ Translated by N. K
