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Algerian Interior Minister Ibrahim Murad said that joint work between Algeria and Tunisia is ongoing with the aim of facing various challenges, stressing that Tunisia’s security is closely linked to Algeria’s security.
Murad said following talks with his Tunisian counterpart Khaled Nouri on Tuesday, who is on a working visit to Algeria: “I discussed with the Tunisian Interior Minister many common issues between the two countries’ interior ministries, especially at the level of the joint committees that were recently established, with the aim of facing various challenges such as illegal immigration and drug and psychotropic substance smuggling networks.”
Murad pointed out that during the meeting, the topics of “organized movement between Algeria and Tunisia, as well as continuing to develop the border areas of the two countries” were discussed.
The Algerian Interior Minister stressed that “Tunisia’s security is Algeria’s security,” noting that this was confirmed by the two countries’ presidents Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Kais Saied.
Murad said: “We are working within the framework of this idea to develop the region within the framework of economic and social integration and good neighborliness, and to avoid everything that affects the security of citizens and their property, while confronting all negative phenomena.”
In turn, Tunisian Interior Minister Nouri stressed the importance of cooperation in facing common security challenges, noting that “there are many security issues and files that concern both countries, such as combating the phenomenon of illegal immigration.”
Nouri explained that during the meeting, the file of combating terrorism and organized gangs, especially those that smuggle drugs, was discussed, in addition to bilateral cooperation between the border states of the two countries, developing border areas, and facilitating traffic through the border crossings of the two countries.
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