Zineddine Zidane to meet with President Abdellaziz Bouteflika next Monday in Algiers.

The former football mega star of Algerian origin, Zineddine Zidane, is scheduled to arrive Thursday morning at Tamanrassat Airport on board a presidential aircraft together with his parents, his wife and his 3 children in addition to his manager under the watchful eye of members of the presidential Guard.  

• Zineddine Zidane will stay 3 days in the Ahaggar capital before traveling back to the capital Algiers next Sunday for an encounter slated for Monday with the president of the Republic Abdellaziz Bouteflika.
• “Echorouk Al Yaoumi” learnt from reliable sources that Zineddine Zidane has agreed, through his own conviction, to be part of a group of personalities entrusted with promoting the candidacy of Bouteflika for the April 9th Presidential polls in France, Spain and Italy.
• Before Tamanrasset, Zineddine Zidane spent several days in Djanet, in Illizi province, where he was extended a very warm welcome by the local authorities headed by the Wali or Governor of Illizi and the local population.
• On the eve of the departure from Djanet, a lavish dinner and a music concert of a local genre were organized at the “Barihamat” palm grove in honour of the distinguished guest of Algeria and his family.
• During his stay in the Djanet region, Zinedine Zidane went on a sight-seeing tour by visiting numerous famous tourist sites around the imposing Tassili which he described as most “gorgeous”.
• Gripped by the natural beauty of the Algerian Sahara, Zineddine Zidane said that he would come back for another tourist spree in the region as early as next spring.