ALGIERS, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Algeria and Russia started a series of consultations here on Tuesday over some security issues, including the fight against terrorism, Algerian foreign minister said in a statement.
Co-chaired by Abdelkader Messahel, the Algerian minister of Maghreb affairs, African Union and Arab League, and visiting Russian representative of the National Security Council, Venediktov Alexandre, the meeting is the second of its kind as part of counterterrorism cooperation established between Algiers and Moscow in 2016.
Issues discussed include measures against terrorism, prevailing conflicts and crises, cyber-terrorism and cyber-criminality, as well as connection between terrorism and transnational organized crime.
The first session of the Algerian-Russian consultations was held in Moscow in July 2016.
