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Africa needs to involve more in world peace, security agenda: Algerian FM

Xinhua, December 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Africa has to play a bigger role in managing the agenda of peace and security both on the continent and at the UN level, Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said on Sunday.

Lamamra made the comments at a seminar on peace and security in Africa which kicked off earlier on Sunday in Oran province, 400 km west of the capital Algiers.

"We have to work more to mobilize all our continental capabilities at the UN Security Council to allow greater involvement of Africa in the management of the continental and international agenda of peace and security," Lamamra said.

This role of Africa "should drag the attention of heads of state and government of Africa to assert the principle of African solutions to Africa's problems," he said.

The top Algerian diplomat advocated "relentless struggle" against drug trafficking and the "universalization" of a ban on paying ransoms in order to combat terrorism.

The three-day meeting is aimed at addressing a number of issues relating to security on the continent, including the fight against terrorism. It is attended by foreign ministers of Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, Chad, Senegal and Burundi, in addition to experts and representatives of the African Union and the United Nations. Endit