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Algeria: Together one is less alone

Algeria’s Worries begin in the case of terrorism and not to listen to the low Oil price for a long time. Germany’s Minister of interior offers support and get the new friends for important Commitments.

Meeting in Algiers: the Minister of the interior De Maizière and Bedoui (M.)

The Algerian Minister of the interior, is no longer to brake. New fields of cooperation, Noureddine Bedoui said in the full press room in Algiers. The relationship to Germany in the area of security will be raised to a higher level.

The German guest gets almost pity the Translator who has to give all the explanations in German. In the case, but the Federal government is the Minister of the interior, all Bedoui, wants to raise Thomas de Maizière, “the security cooperation to a new level, with a new dynamics”.

“Hostage terrorism”

Necessary the seems, because the uncertainty is large in Algeria. Not only because nobody knows exactly how to do it politically – with or without President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But also because Islamism is a threat to the relative stability in Algeria. The neighboring countries of Libya and Mali, are considered to be strongholds of international terrorism and also in our own country, young men are interested in without prospects for the Jihad. Against this “hostage terrorism” will Bedoui approach, even with German knowledge of. For Thomas de Maizière, the support of Algeria is not only good-natured, interesting. Until the beginning of February the German police against four alleged IS fighters. They came from Algeria.

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DW-Interview with Thomas de Maizière

Not only common Concerns

The German Minister of the interior, but it is important that he is not replaced with Bedoui and the head of government of Abdelmalek Sellal only “common Concerns”. In the discussions it came to concrete plans of cooperation in the security field. Such as information in the fight against international terrorism should be replaced. The BKA and the Federal police should work together with the Algerian authorities close.

Finger matched prints

“Very satisfied”, said de Maizière with the response of the Algerians to the desire for a simplified redemption of those who “are really Algerians, and no prospects of remaining in Germany”. In the future, should it be sufficient to say to the Algerian authorities name and fingerprint of in Germany, obliged to leave the country Algerian, in order to bring the repatriation by scheduled flight. In the past year, almost 14,000 Algerians came to Germany. Only 1.6 percent of them were recognized as asylum-seekers. Now, to be recognized, especially the last to arrive. The same agreement had met de Maizière previously with Morocco.

De Maizière came from Morocco to Algeria

Interim balance sheet in Berlin?

How the collaboration works, it could be accounted for in a return visit of the Algerian Minister in Germany. As a guest gift in Algeria, Thomas de Maizière had at least a small bear made of porcelain, and an explanation: “it’s a Berlin bear. To remind you, that you will soon come to Berlin.”