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Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf said that he asked his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjártó, to facilitate Algeria’s attendance at the “Visegrad” group meeting to inform it of the situation in the Sahel region. He also expressed his regret for the state of “blockage and stagnation” that the partnership relations between Algeria and the European Union have led to at this stage. Current. According to what was reported by the Middle East News Agency on Saturday morning
This came during press statements he made following talks with his Hungarian counterpart, within the framework of his working visit to Hungary commissioned by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, according to the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement.
The statement added that the talks focused on ways to add a new dynamism to the relations of cooperation and friendship between the two countries, in addition to the international and regional issues that lie at the core of their foreign policy concerns.
In his speech before the Hungarian press, the Algerian Foreign Minister explained that with regard to the results of the consultations that he held with his Hungarian counterpart, agreement was reached on a set of practical steps that would intensify communication at various official levels and among businessmen, as well as revitalizing various bilateral cooperation mechanisms. And work to increase the value of trade exchanges and bilateral investments.
  The Algerian minister stated that there are many projects between the two countries, some of which are in the process of being completed and some of which are under study, in important areas such as traditional energies, renewable energies, training, security cooperation, agriculture, fishing, and air transport.
  In the same context, the Hungarian minister confirmed that his country wants to import Algerian gas, as part of its strategy aimed at diversifying its sources of supplies.
  On the other hand, Minister Ahmed Attaf stressed the importance of the visit that Hungarian President Katalin Novak will make to Algeria in the future, at the invitation of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and stressed the necessity of optimal preparation for this important visit in order to reach qualitative outcomes and results that inaugurate a new era in the history of the country. Algerian-Hungarian relations.
  At the level of regional and international situations of common interest, Attaf added that the talks were an opportunity to exchange visions and analyzes on many issues, especially the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, the situation in the African coast, and the crisis in Niger.
He continued: He informed his Hungarian counterpart about the efforts made by Algeria. To contribute to calming the situation and giving priority to the logic of dialogue and negotiation to encourage peaceful solutions to crises, especially in Niger, Mali and Libya.
For his part, the head of Hungarian diplomacy stressed that his country strongly supports Algeria’s efforts and its initiative aimed at resolving the crisis in Niger and restoring the constitutional order in this country. He also pointed out the importance of the regional dimension of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s initiative in that it highlights the necessity of addressing the problem of economic development in the coast.
At the end of his speech before the Hungarian press, the Algerian Foreign Minister stated that he had asked his Hungarian colleague to facilitate Algeria’s attendance at a meeting of the “Visegrad” group (a grouping that includes four countries from Central Europe, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) to inform it of the situation in the Sahel region. And on its efforts to spread security, stability and development in this regional space.
The Algerian Minister also expressed his regret for the state of “blockage and stagnation” that the partnership relations between Algeria and the European Union have led to at the current stage, hoping that Hungary will have a role and contribution to overcoming this situation that is harmful to the main interests of both parties, especially since Hungary will assume the rotating presidency of the European Union during the next half year. The second of next year.