Butaflika confers with Abu Dhabi crown prince
United Arab Emirates-Algeria, Politics, 1/31/2001

Abu Dhabi crown prince who is also the deputy commander of the armed forces in the United Arab Emirates UAE Sheikh Khaleifa Bin Zayed al-Nahyan on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi met with the Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika, currently visiting the UAE.

During the meeting the two sides discussed bilateral relations and means of strengthening them and exchanging view points on current Arab developments in light of developments on the Arab arena.

Sheikh Khaleifa renewed his country's backing for the uprising of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian negotiators in order to restore back the legitimate rights and establish their own independent state on their native soil with Jerusalem as a capita.

He stressed the importance of achieving Arab solidarity in this phase in order to withstand challenges imposed on the Arab states. He expressed his hope that the convening of the next Arab summit due to start its first session in Jordan in March will mark the beginning of an actual restart to restore back Arab solidarity and discuss all matters of concern to the Arab nation to strengthen its solidarity.

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