ALGIERS – Monday, 27 February 2023 (APS) – President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, minister of the National Defence, received Monday the secretary general of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Nikolaï Patrouchev, the presidency of the Republic said in a statement.

The audience was held in the seat of the presidency, in the presence of the chief of staff of the People’s National Army, General Saïd Chanegriha, the chief of the presidency’s staff, Abdelaziz Khellaf, and the advisor to the president of the Republic for defence and security issues, Boumediene Benattou.