APS – January 29th, 2017.

ADDIS ABABA- Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal held discussions on January 29th in Addis-Ababa with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres ahead of the 28th Summit of the African Union, planned on 30-31 January.
In a statement to the media following the meeting, Guterres welcomed the "important cooperation” that exists between Algeria and the UN and which covers various fields like the climate change, development, peace and security.
The UN chief also said he and Sellal had broached "each other's concerns" like the situation in Mali, in Libya and Western Sahara.
"We have had a very important and fruitful exchange of views," he added.
The audience was attended by Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra and Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and League of Arab States, Abdelkader Messahel.