Official Statement of MND
08th April 2021
Lieutenant General Saïd CHANEGRIHA, Chief of Staff of People's National Army receives in audience the French Chief of Defence Staff, General François LECOINTRE
Lieutenant General Said CHANEGRIHA, Chief of Staff of People's National Army, received in audience, this Thursday 8th April 2021, at the headquarters of the General Staff of PNA, General François LECOINTRE, French Chief of Defence Staff.
The meeting was attended by the Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of National Defence, Commanders of Forces and the National Gendarmerie, the Heads of Departments and Central Directors of the Ministry of National Defence and the General Staff of the PNA, as well as the members of the French military delegation.
It was an opportunity for both sides to discuss the state of military cooperation between the two countries and exchange analysis and views on issues of common interest:
“Algeria considers that the stability and security of its neighbourhood is directly linked to its security. For this, enormous efforts are made by my country through the adaptation of military arrangements along the borders, to achieve stability in the countries of the Mediterranean region.
To this end, aware of the magnitude of the danger that terrorism poses to regional peace and stability, Algeria has not skimped on initiatives and support to its neighbours to coordinate efforts on the basis of a common vision, through the mechanism of the Joint Operational Staff Committee (JOSC)”.
On this occasion, the Lieutenant General mentioned the problem of the rehabilitation of the two former French nuclear test sites of Reggane and In-Ikker:
“I would like to mention the problem of negotiations, within the Algerian-French Group, about the former nuclear test sites and other tests in the Algerian Sahara, where we expect your support, during the 17th session of the joint Algerian-French Group, scheduled for May 2021, for the final assumption of responsibility for the rehabilitation operations of the sites of Reggane and In Ekker, as well as your assistance in providing us with topographic maps allowing the location of the burial areas, undiscovered to date, of contaminated waste, radioactive or chemical.”
By the end of the meeting, both parties exchanged symbolic gifts. General François LECOINTRE then signed the guestbook of the PNA.
The French delegation then laid a wreath at the memorial of the martyrs of “Makam El-Chahid”.
The meeting was attended by the Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of National Defence, Commanders of Forces and the National Gendarmerie, the Heads of Departments and Central Directors of the Ministry of National Defence and the General Staff of the PNA, as well as the members of the French military delegation.
It was an opportunity for both sides to discuss the state of military cooperation between the two countries and exchange analysis and views on issues of common interest:
“Algeria considers that the stability and security of its neighbourhood is directly linked to its security. For this, enormous efforts are made by my country through the adaptation of military arrangements along the borders, to achieve stability in the countries of the Mediterranean region.
To this end, aware of the magnitude of the danger that terrorism poses to regional peace and stability, Algeria has not skimped on initiatives and support to its neighbours to coordinate efforts on the basis of a common vision, through the mechanism of the Joint Operational Staff Committee (JOSC)”.
On this occasion, the Lieutenant General mentioned the problem of the rehabilitation of the two former French nuclear test sites of Reggane and In-Ikker:
“I would like to mention the problem of negotiations, within the Algerian-French Group, about the former nuclear test sites and other tests in the Algerian Sahara, where we expect your support, during the 17th session of the joint Algerian-French Group, scheduled for May 2021, for the final assumption of responsibility for the rehabilitation operations of the sites of Reggane and In Ekker, as well as your assistance in providing us with topographic maps allowing the location of the burial areas, undiscovered to date, of contaminated waste, radioactive or chemical.”
By the end of the meeting, both parties exchanged symbolic gifts. General François LECOINTRE then signed the guestbook of the PNA.
The French delegation then laid a wreath at the memorial of the martyrs of “Makam El-Chahid”.
