ALGIERS — The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, received on Wednesday General Michael Langley, Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and his accompanying delegation, the Presidency of the Republic said in a statement.

Present at the meeting were the Deputy Minister to the Minister of National Defense, Chief of Staff of the People’s National Army (PNA), General Saïd Chanegriha, the Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic, Boualem Boualem, and the Advisor to the President of the Republic in charge of defense and security affairs, Boumediene Benattou.