Security in the Sahel: Algiers II – An international meeting by next February in a Sahel country (Mr. Messahel)

MAE, December 8, 2011

An international meeting on security in the Sahel, called Algiers II, is scheduled to convene “by next February” in one of the countries of the region, Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel announced today in Brussels.

Algeria elected to chair the meetings of the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons

Algérie Presse Service (APS) – December 26, 2011
Algeria was unanimously elected to chair the 2012 annual meetings of the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons. The election took place on the margins of proceedings of the Review Conference of Member States to the convention, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 5-22 December, 2011.

Security in the Sahel: Perception of the terrorist threat is now shared by the countries of the Sahel and their extra-regional partners

MAE, December 8, 2011

The countries of the Sahel involved in securing the Sahel are now viewed by their extra-regional partners (EU and US) as a grouping with a “shared strategy” and terrorist threat is perceived in similar fashion by all the parties involved, said Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel, speaking in Brussels on December 8.

In Brussels, the countries of the Sahel take part in meeting on security and development

MAE - December 8, 2011
Delegates from the countries of the Sahel region (Algeria, Mali, Niger and Mauritania) joined other participants from the European Union at a meeting on security and development convened on December 8 in Brussels.