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Algeria and Niger sign military cooperation protocol

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Algeria and Niger sign military cooperation protocol

Chiefs of staff Saïd Chanegriha and Salifou Modi signed a memorandum of understanding in Algiers on 21 October to strengthen military and security cooperation between Algeria and Niger. The document provides a framework for exchanges between the two armies, but its detailed contents have not yet been made public, La Nouvelle Tribune reports.

Algeria’s General Staff and the Nigerien army signed a military cooperation protocol in Algiers on Wednesday 21 October, according to La Nouvelle Tribune. The agreement was signed by General Saïd Chanegriha, chief of staff of the Algerian army, and his Nigerien counterpart, General Salifou Modi.

At the meeting, Chanegriha said the Algerian army was ready to consider Niger’s proposals to strengthen military and security relations between the two countries, La Nouvelle Tribune reported. Algeria and Niger share a border.

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