Algeria: President Bouteflika, Fabius and Rafalenote

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika received French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on 12/5/15 in Algiers on the sidelines of a meeting for the joint Algerian-French economic committee. The following 332-word report sheds light on the meeting and tells what about the outcome, notably on what concerns the possibility of reactivating the talks between both countries on a deal for the Rafale aircraft. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 22/21 – May 22, 2015)]