Algeria Reaffirms Support for Mali’s Unity, Rejects Terrorism Amid Rising Tensions

Joel Ajayi 

Algeria has reiterated its firm support for the unity, sovereignty, and stability of Mali, while strongly condemning all forms of terrorism, regardless of motive or justification.

In a statement issued on Monday Night, Algeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, emphasized the country’s unwavering position amid what he described as “serious developments” in Mali.

In a statement to the press regarding “serious developments” in the Republic of Mali, following an audience granted in Algiers to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

Elmedin Konakovic, who in on an official visit to Algeria, ATTAF reiterated Algeria’s “clear and 

unwavering position, and its support for the unity of the Malian territory, its people, and its 

institutions.

” Reaffirming Algeria’s “categorical rejection of all forms of terrorism”, ATTAF stressed that 

“terrorism cannot be justified or tolerated regardless of its motives or causes, a stance shaped by Algeria’s own bitter experience with the scourge.” 

Algeria calls for “strengthening the  national unity within the sister country of Mali,” said ATTAF, who explained that such unity 

serves as “the best deterrent against terrorism and the shield that can truly be relied upon to 

combat this scourge with the necessary effectiveness.