Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal hailed Monday in In Guezzam (Tamanrasset, 1970 km south of Algiers) the huge efforts undertaken by the People’s National Army (ANP) and all the security forces in protecting the Algerian border areas.
“History will remember the huge efforts undertaken by ANP,” said Sellal in a meeting with the representatives of the civil society and notables of In Guezzam city on the sidelines of a working visit to the region, underlining that the Algerian army “ is doing its role properly to protect the security at the borders.”
While underlining that the Algerian army “does not intervene outside the Algerian borders,” he stressed that “the Algerian diplomacy plays a major role in ensuring stability in the neighbouring countries like Mali and Libya.”   
He called on the population of the region to work “for the return of security in this region.”
Sellal said that the populations of the borders should support the efforts of the Algerian army and contribute to the achievement of this objective, because “their stability strengthens the State and the Republic.”
While broaching the opening of the borders, the Prime minister said “we extremely need to open the borders but this opening cannot be done only in an environment of stability and security.”
“Algeria seeks to help Mali and progressively resume the dialogue and regain stability,” said Sellal.