Algeria: Palestine's Flag Rising At UN - President Bouteflika Congratulates Mahmoud Abbas

Algiers — Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra congratulated Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on behalf of President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, at the Palestine State flag-raising ceremony outside the United Nations headquarters.

The ceremony "has been the outcome of President Bouteflika's historic initiative, as chairman of the UN General Assembly in 1974, when he invited President Yasser Arafat to speak to the United Nations," the ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday in a statement.

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