The Algerian government and NATO have agreed to set up a bilateral commission with a view to bringing the two sides together in the fight against international terrorism, the official Algerian News Agency has reported.
Algeria and NATO have agreed to begin an "individualized dialogue" with the aim of highlighting "the needs and expectations of both parties in the prevention against the risks that threaten the region," the state-owned APS reported Tuesday.
This was one of the recommendations that emerged at the end of a parliamentary seminar on security in the Mediterranean region, which was held in the capital Algiers Monday and Tuesday.
"The cooperation between Algeria and NATO in the framework of the Mediterranean dialogue is particularly committed and has a great potential for boosting relations between the two sides," said a participant at the end of the seminar whose theme was "Security through dialogue: the role of parliamentary institutions in deepening the Mediterranean dialogue."
"There is need to sit down and discuss together so that there is a joint cooperation that would enable us to find solutions to the problems that we are currently facing," Mustapha Cheloufi, chairman of the Senate Commission on National Defense, was quoted as telling reporters at the end of the seminar.
According to Cheloufi, the North African nation "had always been interested in ensuring greater peace and security in the Mediterranean region" because "we know that our own security is linked to that of the Mediterranean."
He stressed that Algeria is located in an area that is "very strategic" to Europe and that therefore, European countries should "seek the closer cooperation of our countries, including in the field of counter-terrorism."
"We have to hold dialogue with neighboring countries, because no country is immune to new risks and new threats that characterize the complex and unstable security environment that we are finding ourselves in today," he added.
Source:Xinhua
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