Algiers’s Arab diplomacy after its participation in the Arab league’s 28th Summit in Amman shows an inaudible voice and most of all an incapacity to forge new alliances in the region after the collapse of its once powerful allies: Syria and Libya. Algeria’s participation in the Arab Summit went almost unnoticed. The country was represented by the President of the National Council Abdelkader Bensalah in view of the health conditions of Abdelaziz Bouteflika whose last presence in an Arab summit dates back to 2011 in Egypt. Bensalah’s input to the Arab Summit was marked by the delivery of a recycled worn-out speech stressing the need for a reform of the Arab league. That point did not even feature in the closing statement of the summit and received support from Mauritania only.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 01, 2017 13:56 UTC