Official Statement of MND
25th May 2021
Visit of the Lieutenant General Saïd CHANEGRIHA, Chief of Staff of PNA, to the 3rd Military Region in Bechar
Within the continuation of the inspection visits to the various Military Regions, the Lieutenant General Saïd CHANEGRIHA, Chief of Staff of People's National Army, began a working and inspection visit on Tuesday, 25th May 2021, in 3rd Military Region.
The visit started at the South Tindouf Operational Sector where, after the welcoming ceremony, the Lieutenant General, alongside with the Major General Mostefa SMAALI, Commander of the 3rd Military Region, held a meeting with the Commanders and the executives of units deployed in this critical Operational Sector, and provided a series of instructions which focus on the need to strengthen the factors of operational readiness and to be ready to face different forms of threats, whatever their nature or origin, in addition to showing the highest degrees of vigilance and precaution.
On the same day, the Lieutenant General moved to the Central Operational Sector where he inaugurated, first, a multipurpose room before holding a meeting with the executives and the staff as delivered a speech, followed, via videoconference, by the staff from all Sectors and units of the Region. In this context, he highlighted the concern of the High Command of People's National Army to continue the process of strengthening the capacities of the different components of People's National Army, in order to adapt ourselves to the challenges of the current phase, which will contribute to the establishment of security and stability:
“Everyone is aware of the extreme interest that we are permanently giving to the continuation of the course of capacity building of People's National Army components, in order to adapt ourselves to the challenges of the current phase, which will contribute to the establishment of security and stability, considered as requirements for the successful completion of a new Algeria building process promised by the President of the Republic, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence.
In addition, we have worked, ceaselessly, to anchor in the minds of militaries, military ethics, the values of sacralisation of work, integrity, dedication and absolute allegiance to the homeland, in addition to the consolidation of communication links between them and their fellow citizens, which allowed the strengthening of the faith that Algerian people has in their Armed Forces. We remain convinced that this confidence is the guarantor of the Army's cohesion and solidarity with its popular depth.
Motivated by this popular depth, which is a crucial condition for meeting the current challenges, which are essential in all areas, People's National Army is working to continue the execution of its noble constitutional missions, its main concern, in the light of the situation that our region is going through, being the security of Algeria, land and people, the preservation of its stability and the safeguard of its independence and its national sovereignty”.
Moreover, the Lieutenant General underlined the need to confer more complementarities between the missions of People's National Army, including those inherent within the pursuit of efforts within the fight against terrorism, and the acceleration of development dynamic of the different components of its battle corps:
“This is the ultimate purpose of People's National Army, which relentlessly watches over to confer more complementarities between the accomplishment of its constitutional missions, including those inherent within the pursuit of laborious efforts aiming to overcome residual terrorism and to eradicate it from our blessed land, and to accelerate the dynamic development of the different components of its battle corps, in the service of the supreme interests of Algeria, and of its security and stability, in the present and the future.
Safeguarding the sovereignty of Algeria and the integrity of its national territory requires, in fact, from People's National Army to continue to build its dissuasive force, in order to face all forms of hostility and treason. This dissuasive force that we are working to develop together, through the pursuit of this constant and ambitious process, of which the motto remains permanent operational availability, the objective being to face any eventuality and to serve the defined objectives, which are inseparable from the major strategic objectives adopted”.
At the end of the meeting, the Lieutenant General followed the interventions of the executives and the personnel of the 3rd Military Region and inquired about their concerns.
The visit started at the South Tindouf Operational Sector where, after the welcoming ceremony, the Lieutenant General, alongside with the Major General Mostefa SMAALI, Commander of the 3rd Military Region, held a meeting with the Commanders and the executives of units deployed in this critical Operational Sector, and provided a series of instructions which focus on the need to strengthen the factors of operational readiness and to be ready to face different forms of threats, whatever their nature or origin, in addition to showing the highest degrees of vigilance and precaution.
On the same day, the Lieutenant General moved to the Central Operational Sector where he inaugurated, first, a multipurpose room before holding a meeting with the executives and the staff as delivered a speech, followed, via videoconference, by the staff from all Sectors and units of the Region. In this context, he highlighted the concern of the High Command of People's National Army to continue the process of strengthening the capacities of the different components of People's National Army, in order to adapt ourselves to the challenges of the current phase, which will contribute to the establishment of security and stability:
“Everyone is aware of the extreme interest that we are permanently giving to the continuation of the course of capacity building of People's National Army components, in order to adapt ourselves to the challenges of the current phase, which will contribute to the establishment of security and stability, considered as requirements for the successful completion of a new Algeria building process promised by the President of the Republic, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence.
In addition, we have worked, ceaselessly, to anchor in the minds of militaries, military ethics, the values of sacralisation of work, integrity, dedication and absolute allegiance to the homeland, in addition to the consolidation of communication links between them and their fellow citizens, which allowed the strengthening of the faith that Algerian people has in their Armed Forces. We remain convinced that this confidence is the guarantor of the Army's cohesion and solidarity with its popular depth.
Motivated by this popular depth, which is a crucial condition for meeting the current challenges, which are essential in all areas, People's National Army is working to continue the execution of its noble constitutional missions, its main concern, in the light of the situation that our region is going through, being the security of Algeria, land and people, the preservation of its stability and the safeguard of its independence and its national sovereignty”.
Moreover, the Lieutenant General underlined the need to confer more complementarities between the missions of People's National Army, including those inherent within the pursuit of efforts within the fight against terrorism, and the acceleration of development dynamic of the different components of its battle corps:
“This is the ultimate purpose of People's National Army, which relentlessly watches over to confer more complementarities between the accomplishment of its constitutional missions, including those inherent within the pursuit of laborious efforts aiming to overcome residual terrorism and to eradicate it from our blessed land, and to accelerate the dynamic development of the different components of its battle corps, in the service of the supreme interests of Algeria, and of its security and stability, in the present and the future.
Safeguarding the sovereignty of Algeria and the integrity of its national territory requires, in fact, from People's National Army to continue to build its dissuasive force, in order to face all forms of hostility and treason. This dissuasive force that we are working to develop together, through the pursuit of this constant and ambitious process, of which the motto remains permanent operational availability, the objective being to face any eventuality and to serve the defined objectives, which are inseparable from the major strategic objectives adopted”.
At the end of the meeting, the Lieutenant General followed the interventions of the executives and the personnel of the 3rd Military Region and inquired about their concerns.
