VOL. XLIII

No. 15

10-April-2000

ALGERIA

Algerian Reforms To Focus On Role Of Government As Regulator

In an interview with MEES Editor-in-Chief Walid Khadduri, Algerias Minister of Energy and Mines, Chakib Khelil, highlighted the main objectives of the governments reform program for the energy sector and its implications for the future of the state-owned oil and gas concernSonatrach.

The new government of Algerias Prime Minister, Ahmed Benbitour, has made liberal reform the key to reviving the...