Attaf receives two American officials

ALGIERS- Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, received on Monday, US Under Secretary of State for Civil Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Uzra Zeya, as well as US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, according to a Communiqué issued by the ministry.

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The meeting "addressed a number of issues related to strengthening Algerian-American relations, as well as discussing a set of international and regional isssues on the agenda of the UN Security Council," according to the same source. 

These included "developments in the situation in the Gaza Strip as part of the ongoing negotiations for the implementation of a ceasefire, the issue of Western Sahara, the proposed creation of a peacekeeping and security mission in Haiti, and the challenges of migration in the Sahel-Saharan region," added the same source. [/ecr]