Bouteflika starts visit to Saudi Arabia

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika arrived yesterday evening in the city of Jeddah for a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, after which he will perform the minor haj.

Algerian diplomatic sources in Cairo said that Bouteflika will meet with King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, with whom he will tackle the peace process in the area, Algerian - Moroccan relations and the situation in the Gulf, in addition to increasing volume of Saudi investments in the African area, especially in the countries with large Moslem populations.