VOL. XLV

No 41

14-October-2002

ALGERIA/SPAIN

Algeria, Spain Sign Friendship Treaty

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar on 8 October signed a friendship treaty in Madrid covering bilateral issues such as energy, fishing rights and illegal migration as well as economic, financial, educational and defense issues. The treaty also included a pledge to cooperate in the fight against international terrorism; the renewal of a Spanish 120mn credit line to...