As part of his Maghreb tour, Massad Boulosprincipal advisor to American president Donald Trump for Africa, Arab affairs and the Middle East, arrived in Algeria at the head of a large delegation. It was received this Sunday, July 27 by the President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune who explained to him the Algerian position on sensitive files such as Western Sahara, the Sahel, Libya or trade between the two countries, announces the Presidency of the Republic in a press release.
The hearing granted by the Head of State to the American Councilor took place in the presence of the director of cabinet of the President of the Republic, Boualem Boualem, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf, the adviser to the President of the Republic responsible for diplomatic affairs, Amar Abba and the Algerian ambassador to Washington Sabri Boukadoum, specifies the same source.
On the American side, the interview saw the presence of David Linfield, chief of staff to Mr. Boulos, Deputy Secretary of State Joshua Harris and the United States Ambassador to Algeria, Elizabeth Moore Aubin.
Massad Boulos started his Maghreb tour by Tunisia where he was received on July 22 by President Kaïs Saied. He then went to Libya where he met the president of the presidential council Mohamed Younes El Menfi and Marshal Khalifa Haftar. After Algeria, the adviser of the American president was expected in Morocco.
This tour had been announced by Mr. Boulos in a interview At the Al Arabiya and Al Hadath media last April. In this interview, he had indicated that Donald Trump’s declaration recognizing the “Moroccanity” of Western Sahara “is not absolute in a closed way”. She “left the door open for dialogue in order to achieve a solution that satisfies the two parties,” he said.
Massad Boulos described Algeria and Morocco as “two friendly countries” in the United States. “There is no doubt that Morocco is an ally and partner country, but we also want to have the Best relations with Algeria“He had clarified.
Massad Boulous: the relationship with Algeria “is of great importance for the United States”
When he left the office of President Tebboune this Sunday, July 27, Massad Bolous said he is in Algeria, on behalf of President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to “consolidate the partnership between the United States and Algeria”, a relationship that “is of great importance for the United States”.
“We have reaffirmed with President Tebboune the anchored links which unite the United States and Algeria and we have expressed our strong commitment to consolidate our relations in the commercial, security and other fields,” he said.
Massad Boulos added that he shared President Tebboune with President Trump’s vision on cooperation to “achieve common interests, the realization of peace, the defeat of terrorism, the security of our borders and the consolidation of beneficial fair trade for Americans and Algerians, in the context of mutual respect and dialogue”.
Massad Boulos in Algeria: Western Sahara and the Sahel on the menu
Massad Boulos said that he also listened to the Algerian president’s point of view on “the decisive challenges faced by Africa and the whole region, in addition to the many opportunities that await us”.
“We aspire to provide more common efforts to face the challenges in the Sahel region and work together to consolidate peace and stability,” he said.
“We highly appreciate our constant dialogue while we work together to face some of the most difficult problems in the world, including during the period of the presence of Algeria at the UN Security Council,” added Boulos. “We have a shared interest in that there is a more peaceful and more stable world,” he insisted.
Finally, Donald Trump’s advisor revealed to have discussed with President Tebboune and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf of “enormous possibilities of strengthening commercial cooperation between the United States and Algeria in energy and in various fields”.
Before being received by President Tebboune, Massad Boulos met the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf. The discussions between Trump’s special advisor and the Algerian diplomacy chief focused on “the level of coordination between the two countries in the United Nations Security Council” and “an exchange of views and analyzes on the main news on the African continent, in particular the developments of the situation in Libya, in Western Sahara, in the Sahel, According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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