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Algeria to attend Paris conference on peace in Middle East

Xinhua, January 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

Algeria will attend the ministerial conference on the Middle East peace process, due on Sunday in Paris, Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has been selected to represent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, said the statement, to attend the conference, which is "an opportunity to reiterate Algeria's support to the Palestinian cause and express its view concerning the peace process in the Middle East."

The North African nation will also urge the international community to assume its responsibility in terms of putting an end to the suffering of Palestinians, and enable their right to establish an independent state with Jerusalem as capital.

The Paris conference will be marked by the participation of some 70 countries and organizations. French President Francois Hollande said that the Paris conference aims at reaffirming the support of the international community for a two-state solution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Endit