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Africa North
Algiers denies having provided armoured vehicles to Gaddafi
2011-04-20
[Ennahar] Algeria assured on Monday La Belle France, during a telephone interview, that she had not provided several hundred armed vehicles to Qadaffy forces, said on Tuesday the head of French diplomacy, Alain Juppe.
"Perish the thought!"
"I had a very cordial discussion with my counterpart. I told him "there is information circulating that Qadaffy had received hundreds of armoured vehicles and carrying ammunition from Algeria," said French minister during a meeting with the Association of French Diplomatic Press.

"I asked him the question and he assured me that (...) it was not true," said Alain Juppe.

In a statement in Algiers, released earlier by the APS, the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not mention this aspect of the conversation by announcing that the head of Algerian diplomacy, Mourad Medelci, "spoke Monday through telephone with his French counterpart, Alain Juppe. The meeting focused on "the status and development prospects of bilateral relations between Algeria and La Belle France as well as the situation in the Maghreb region," added the statement.

Libyan rebels have repeatedly accused Algiers of supporting Gadhafi, what the Algerian government denied.

Questioned on his opinion on a "good start" after the announcement of reforms by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
... 10th president of Algeria. He was elected in 1999 and is currently on his third term, which is probably why Algerians are ready to dump him...
, considered insufficient by the independent press and opposition in Algeria, Alain Juppe said: "When we say it's a good start, it means that we need a result."
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