Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 8/2/2004
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of August 2, 2004
- Morocco's decision to lift visa for Algerians aims to open cooperation prospects, FM
Morocco's King Mohammed VI's decision to lift visa requirements for Algerians wanting to visit Morocco, starting last Friday, is meant to open new prospects of bilateral cooperation, said Wednesday Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohammed Benaissa. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/6/2004 - Algeria: New appointments in the army
The Algerian presidency announced that the Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika who assumes the ministry of defense held yesterday new appointments in the leadership of the army following the resignation of lt. Gen. Muhammad al-Ammar on Tuesday. Algeria, Politics, 8/6/2004 - Polisario, main obstacle to Maghreb project (debate)
The separatist movement 'Polisario,' that is claiming the secession of Morocco's southern provinces (known as the Sahara), and the political instrumentalization of the Sahara question are the main obstacle hampering the edification of the Maghreb project, deplored, in Geneva Tuesday, participants in a debate animated by former Polisario officials. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/5/2004 - Algerian army chief of staff resigns, a successor
A statement issued by the Algerian presidency said yesterday that the Algerian army chief of staff Muhammad al-Ammari submitted his resignation from his post for " health reasons." Algeria, Politics, 8/4/2004 - Morocco's lifting visa requirements for Algerians, a token of friendship, Algerian FM
Algerian foreign minister, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, described on Saturday Morocco's decision to lift visa requirements for Algerian nationals, in force since 1994, as a token of "friendship and brotherhood between the two countries," the Algerian news agency APS reported. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 8/3/2004 - Morocco cancels visa procedures for Algerian nationals Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/2/2004
- King Mohammed VI wants stronger ties with Algeria, FM
Moroccan minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Mohamed Benaissa, voiced king Mohammed VI's will to consolidate ties with neighbor Algeria. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/2/2004 - Algeria, Bangladesh will not send force to Iraq
The Algerian Foreign minister Abdul Aziz Balkhadem announced that Algeria rejects the plans of sending foces to Iraq. Iraq-Algeria, Politics, 8/2/2004 - Three Algerians were killed in a bomb explosion
Three persons were killed and a fourth injured in a bomb explosion targeted their car near a workshop for an electricity company in Jejil state on the coast ( 350 Km to the east of the capital.). Algeria, Local, 8/2/2004