Algeria's leader keen to improve relations with Morocco

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has voiced resolve to improve relations with Western neighbor Morocco, in a message to King Mohammed VI.

"I reiterate my firm resolve to work in concert with your Majesty for the consolidation of our ties of brotherhood, solidarity and cooperation in order to raise our relations to the best level to the benefit of our two peoples," said the Algerian leader in his message in reply to the one he received from the monarch on the occasion of his recent re-election.