PM Ouyahia Represents President Bouteflika At African Union Summit

Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia is representing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at a meeting of the special committee of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU).

• The AU special committee is scheduled to take place in Cotonou (Benin). This was announced in a statement issued by the Algerian foreign affairs ministry on Sunday.

• The statement said: “Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, will travel on 14 May to Cotonou (Benin) to represent the president of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in the proceedings of the second meeting of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.”

• The statement added that: “this meeting is the second on of its kind to take place, the first one was held in March. The meeting will discuss issues relating to the election of the next members of the African Union Commission”.

• The recommendations of the Cotonou meeting will be examined at the next African Union summit, which will take place in Lilongwe (Malawi), next June.

• The special committee of the African Union, of which Algeria is a member, was set up during the regular session of the 18th summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.