Bouteflika wants of strong relations with France

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika expressed his hope to remove all obstacles that obstruct normalizaton of relations between his country and France as soon as possible.

In an interview published today in the French newspaper Le Marce, Bouteflika asserted the necessity that relations between the two countries be based on mutual respect without interferance in the internal affairs of the other.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak exerted great efforts in order to restore natural relations between Algeria and France, while there is also great optimism toward a resumption of relations between Algeria and Morocco.