The Army general Saïd Chanegriha, delegate minister to the Minister of National Defense and Chief of Staff of the National People’s Army, stated on Monday that security crises in Africa “are no longer solely the product of internal factors”, but are now “influenced by the intersection of foreign agendas” that are transforming certain regions of the continent into “open spaces for recomposing power relations and expanding influences.”
Supervising the opening of a national colloquium titled “The Algerian Approach to Building Security and Peace in Africa” at the National Army Circle in Beni Messous, the army general emphasized that behind “seemingly silent conflicts” lies a confrontation “profound in its stakes and multifaceted in its instruments.” According to him, high geopoltical sensitivity zones have become the center of rivalries where “the structural weaknesses of states and internal political divisions are exploited to redesign realities,” sometimes through the creation of “parallel structures” or the promotion of “separatist movements.”
The Chief of Staff of the ANP clarified that Algeria is proposing, through this colloquium, a coherent and integrated approach to African security, in line with the “major orientations of Algerian foreign policy in its African dimension.” “We are working to define an Algerian approach to peace and security based on clear principles: establishment of balanced partnerships, common African action, rejection of externally imposed solutions, priority of dialogue, and respect for the sovereignty of states.”
The Chief of Staff also emphasized the “responsibility of African countries in strengthening their national capacities and sovereign immunity,” a necessary condition to build “a secure, stable, and solidary African space, shielded from dependence and submission.”
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