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Reconciliation doors still open

Home Affairs minister:
Thursday Jun 28 2007.

During the press conference held in Setif on the fringes of President Bouteflika visit to the wilaya, Home affairs minister Mr. Nourredine Yazid Zerhouni pointed out that the president has decided to allocate a 15 billion dinars

to the realization of a sport complex due to absorb 50 thousand spectators, in addition to other housing, public works, energy, agriculture, and forestry sector projects.

As about the security situation, the minister pointed out: “we will keep tracking terrorists everywhere, the security solution is still taking place but it is to be accompanied by a political one.

We cannot tell a repentant who decided to give up terrorist activity after peace law deadline expiry take over you arms and return to mountains because the war is not over, actually you have evidence everywhere in the world about the efficiency of pacific solutions in Northern Ireland, and Columbia, besides, development has to be taken into account to spare youth becoming terrorists”.

Regarding the new administrative division project Zerhouni stated: “criteria to be adopted lie in the development of delegate provinces -wilayas- on the basis of population rates, as well as the economic importance”.

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