foreign fighters

The return of foreign fighters from Iraq and Syria is worrying more and more many countries facing this phenomenon. Visiting Algeria, whose experience in the fight against terrorism is recognized, the Deputy Prime Minister, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said on Tuesday that he had discussed with his Algerian counterpart the “ways to exchange information to deal with this phenomenon”: the return of foreign fighters (from Syria and Iraq). Reynders said at the end of the working session with Abdelkader Messahel that they will exchange best practices to deal with them”.In the same context, he announced a meeting with the Minister of Religious Affairs and Wakfs, Mohamed Aissa, to discuss the issue of de-radicalization.Referring to the migration issue in which he noted the similarity of the situation between Algiers and Brussels – “country of destination and transit” – the Belgian diplomat said, according to his words quoted by the official agency, that “there has a will to reinforce the bilateral relations, through, in particular the multiplication of the visits of high level,on both sides, and in this context, he announced the next visits to Algeria.