“President Bouteflika and President Kikwete expressed their concern over the increasing threat of terrorist acts in the Continent,” said a joint communiqué released following Tanzanian president Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete state visit to Algeria at the invitation of President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
They therefore reiterated their “firm condemnation of terrorism under all its forms and manifestations and reaffirmed the necessity to carry out joint efforts in order to fight transnational terrorism,” the same source added.
Both parties noted with “concern” the “proliferation of terrorist groups, drug trafficking and illicit flow of arms in their respective regions” and “reaffirmed their commitment to combine their efforts with a view to fighting these scourges which threaten security and stability in the continent.”
Both leaders have also “expressed their support to the African Union’s efforts aiming at fighting the terrorist group Boko Haram, particularly by the mandate given to the Multinational Joint Force,” assuring their “solidarity with countries that are going through this scourge.”
President Bouteflika and President Kikwete expressed their support to the African Center for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) and to the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA).
The two leaders reiterated their commitment to work for the adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism and of the Protocol on the Criminalization of ransom payment to terrorist groups
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