APS – May 15th, 2017.


ALGIERS-Major General Karoui Djamel, Chargé de mission at the National Defence Ministry, affirmed Monday in Algiers that Algeria "has always argued for the promotion and consolidation of Africa's position within the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) while working for the rigorous implementation of the relevant international convention.

Algeria has ensured, as a member of the Executive Board of the OPCW, from its creation in 1997 until now, the rigorous application of the clauses of “the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction”, said Major General Karoui, who presided over the opening of the Conference on the “Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and on Chemical Safety Management", At the National Army Circle, on behalf of Army Corps General Ahmed Gaid Salah, Deputy Minister of National Defense.

"Throughout this period, Algeria has campaigned for the promotion and consolidation of the position of the African continent within the OAIC, strongly advocating for the interests and concerns of the Continent within the framework of the universal dimension of the Convention”, he said.