Fourfold summit among heads of Algeria, Libya, Tunisis and Morocco

ArabicNews.com learned that Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika held a special meeting with the leaders of the Arab Maghreb Union states participting in the African - European summit that was attended by King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali and Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.

Algerian diplomatic sources said the meeting took nearly 15 minutes and was the first of its kind on this high a level in years, but Mauritanian President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya did not participate in it.

A bilateral meeting was also held between the Moroccan king and Algerian president that was depicted as being strong and constructive.