Algerian- Tunisian official talks

Algerian- Tunisian official talks under the chairmanship of the Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika and the Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali started in Algiers on Monday.

In an arrival statement to pressmen in Algiers, President Bin Ali stressed that his visit to Algeria is a renewable opportunity to exchange views on various matters of mutual concern at the regional and international levels.

He explained that this visit stresses joint care to give a new impetus to the Arab Maghreb federation and to revitalize its institutions.