Tunisia, Algeria Agree to Increase Political Accord
Tunisia and Algeria have agreed to increase their political cooperation, a press statement said Sunday after a one-day visit to Algiers by Tunisian Premier Mohammed Mzali.
Mzali met with Algerian President Chadli Bendjedid and took part in a meeting Saturday of high-ranking officials from the Algerian and Tunisian ruling parties, Algeria’s APS news agency said.
His visit coincided with a visit to Tripoli by Algerian Prime Minister Abdelhamid Brahimi aimed at strengthening links between Algeria and Libya after a period of mutual distrust.
Mzali’s visit was on the occasion of the third anniversary of a friendship treaty signed by Algeria and Tunisia and later joined by Mauritania.
Algeria’s relations with Libya cooled in August, 1984, when Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi signed a treaty with King Hassan II pledging eventual union with Morocco and withdrew Libyan support for the Algerian-backed Polisario guerrillas fighting for the independence of the Western Sahara.
The resulting lineup put Libya and Morocco in one camp and Algeria, Tunisia and Mauritania in the other.
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