Morocco, Algeria set up security cooperation task group

Morocco and Algeria agreed to set up a cooperation task group on illegal immigration, terrorism and all that might threaten "security, peace and stability in the two sister countries."

The announced was made by a joint communique released this Thursday by Moroccan and Algerian foreign ministers, respectively Mohamed Benaissa and Abdelaziz Belkhadem, in the wake of a summit between King Mohammed VI and Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika on Wednesday in New York.

"Following the meeting held in New York on September 24, 2003, between H.M. king Mohammed VI, sovereign of the Kingdom of Morocco, and H.E. president Abdul Aziz Butaflika, president of the Algerian Democratic Popular Republic, on the sidelines of the UN general assembly, and in order to beef up cooperation ties between the two countries, at the service of the two brotherly peoples' interests and aspirations, H.M. King Mohammed VI and H.E. President Abdul Aziz Butaflika have decided to set up a task group which, besides the existing ones, is in charge of cooperation in illegal immigration fighting and coordinating efforts by the two countries in matters of public security, including the struggle against terrorism and all that might pose a threat to security, stability and peace in the two sister countries," says the joint communique.