Royal message to Algeria's bouteflika

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria received on Saturday a message from King Mohammed VI.

The verbal message was conveyed to the Algerian head of state by the sovereign's envoys, minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, and director of the King's office, Mohamed Rochdi Chraibi.

The meeting with president Bouteflika surveyed "several issues related to bilateral relations and cooperation as well as the situation in the region," Benaissa told reporters in Algiers.

The meeting was attended on the Algerian side by Premier Ali Benflis, minister of state and minister of foreign affairs, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, the president's diplomatic advisor, Abdellatif Rahhal, and Algeria's ambassador to Rabat, Boualem Bessaieh.

Morocco's ambassador to Algiers, Mohamed-Said Benrayane also attended the meeting.