Invited by his counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa made a state visit to Algeria this Friday, December 6. Arriving the previous evening at the head of a large ministerial delegation which included, among others, his Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Minister of Defense, he notably met the Algerian President face-to-face before sign with him a strategic partnership agreement between the two countries.
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The official welcome given by Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune to his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa lived up to the relations that historically bind the two countries.
During the day of Friday, December 6, the two leaders, who began by speaking face-to-face, then successively signed a joint declaration of strategic partnership before co-chairing the 7th meeting of the high bilateral cooperation commission between the two countries, an event which was an opportunity for them to expand their economic cooperation. This was notably marked by the signing of memorandums of understanding between theAlgeria and theSouth Africa in several sectors: agricultural research, space research, entrepreneurship and innovation, economic cooperation and mutual legal assistance.
An opportunity to recall common values and commitments
For the two presidents, this state visit was also an opportunity to recall that they share common values in their approach to regional conflicts and to renew their commitment alongside ” oppressed people », a legacy of their common past in terms of anti-colonial struggle, recalled Cyril Ramaphosa in particular. The people of Western Sahara has the right to self-determination and that of Palestine to a state, declared the South African president who also did not fail to launch, once again, an appeal in favor of a cease-fire. fire in Gaza.
For his part, the Algerian president promised to do everything possible to ensure that the African continent is better represented at theUN and praised Pretoria’s role in the conflict in the Middle East, particularly through the complaint for genocide in Gaza filed by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Abdelmadjid Tebboune finally affirmed that the two countries also had a common vision about the future of the African continent, particularly in terms of peace, security and development.
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