Meeting of foreign ministers of Sahel countries will convene in early December in Nouakchott (Mr. Messahel)

Ministry for Foreign Affairs – November 13, 2011
A meeting of the ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Sahel countries (Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) will be convene in early December in Nouakchott, said Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel, speaking in Algiers on November 12.

Mr. Messahel says Washington meeting between the U.S. and the Countries of the Sahel Zone is “qualitative step” in partnership

Ministry for Foreign Affairs – November 8, 2011

The meeting convened in Washington between the United States and the countries of the zone (Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) is “a qualitative step” in the implementation of a partnership, as envisioned at the Algiers counterterrorism conference, said Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel in a statement to APS.

Meeting between Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Messahel and the Foreign Affairs ministers of the other countries of the Sahel region

Ministry for Foreign Affairs – November 7, 2011

U.S. State Department’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin met on November 7 in Washington with Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Mali, Mauritania and Niger.

Algeria does not pay ransoms and firmly condemns that practice (Ministry for Foreign Affairs)

Algérie Presse Service (APS) – November 4, 2011

“Algeria does not pay ransoms and firmly condemns that practice, be it by States or public or private organizations,” the spokesman for the ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Amar Belani, reiterated in a statement issued today in Algiers.