The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs, Michele Sison, began yesterday, Saturday January 21, a working visit to Algeria.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad, Ramtane Lamamra, received, at the ministry’s headquarters, Michelle Sison, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, as part of the latter’s working visit in Algeria.
On this occasion, talks focused on bilateral relations and prospects for strengthening strategic dialogue and economic cooperation between Algeria and the United States of America. The two sides also discussed a number of issues related to regional and international developments, as well as various aspects related to multilateral diplomacy.
During this visit, the Assistant Secretary of State was to meet with senior government officials, UN representatives and representatives of civil society.
Among the topics to be discussed was Algeria’s membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The diplomat will also express the support of the United States to MINURSO and the United Nations Personal Envoy of the Secretary General Staffan de Mistura in leading the UN political process for Western Sahara.
Assistant Secretary Sison will also represent U.S. nominees to the International Court of Justice, Professor Sarah Cleveland, and International Organization for Migration Director General Amy Pope, said a statement posted on the Department’s website. American State.
Release of hostages in Iran: the United States expresses its gratitude to Algeria
In a publication on her social networks, the American Embassy in Algiers, Elizabeth Moore Aubin recalled the episode of the Algerian mediation in order to free the 52 American hostages held at the Tehran embassy by showing the places where had the negotiations which subsequently proved to be victorious.
Thus, Aubin improvised as a guide for the visit which led the subscribers of the American embassy to the villa Montfeld, located in El-Biar.
This residence, place of holding of the negotiations, took, according to the ambassador, an important place in the recent history of the United States. “It is an honor for me to live in this historic place. said US Ambassador Elizabeth Aubin.
The visit continued with the reading of a letter, undersigned, Jimmy Carter, then 39th President of the United States, during this diplomatic crisis, to the Algerian Ambassador, Reda Malek.
“Thanks to your efforts and those of your compatriots, the 52 American hostages have been released. The American people send you their respect and admiration. said US President Jimmy Carter on February 19, 1981.
The video ended with the American Embassy in Algiers reminding that, “The American people will be forever grateful to Algeria, which has played an immense role in this crisis. »
بينما نحتفل بذكرى إطلاق سراح 52 رهينة أمريكيًة في إيران، يظل الشعب الأمريكي والحكومة الأمريكية ممتنين للغاية للجزائر لجهود الوساطة التي بذلتها والتي أدت إلى إطلاق سراح دبلوماسيينا بعد 444 يومًا من الأسر. #USDZ https://t.co/TnAAydnpHW
— US Embassy Algiers (@USEmbAlgiers) January 20, 2023
