On his way to the Northwest African country, British Prime Minister David Cameron told the reporters that his aim was to help Algeria “to help itself” amid growing threats from terrorists.
Cameron is the first British Prime Minister to visit Algeria since it became independent in 1962.
Talking with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmalek Sellal in the capital Algiers on Wednesday, Cameron offered Britain’s support in a new partnership against terrorism.
“What we have agreed is a strengthened partnership that looks at how we combat terrorism and how we improve security of this region,” Cameron said.
Cameron’s trip to Algeria, where he was accompanied by National Security Adviser Sir Kim Darroch and Sir John Sawers, the head of Britain’s international spy agency MI6, comes a fortnight after a deadly attack on a gas plant in the southern Sahara desert.
The attack on the In Amenas gas field led to a hostage-taking siege that ended with the deaths of almost 40 people, including six Britons. The violence was blamed on armed men who had infiltrated into Algeria from Mali.
On January 11, France launched a war in Mali under the pretext of halting the advance of fighters who control the north of the African country.
Britain promised to send up to 330 military personnel to Mali and West Africa in order to help France’s war in the African country.
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