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Algeria’s firm commitment in favor of a more developed and fair Africa was carried by the voice of Sofiane Chaib, secretary of state in charge of the national community abroad, on the occasion of its participation in the third United Nations conference on developing countries without coast (PDSL), organized in Awaza, Turkmenistan. This was indicated on Wednesday, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the national community abroad and African affairs said on Wednesday.
Speaking during the plenary session under the theme “accelerating progress by partnerships”, Chaib said: “Algeria has always worked to strengthen regional synergies through structuring projects on a continental scale. “Highlighting the particular responsibility of” transit countries “, as defined by the United Nations, in the support of landlocked states, he stressed that Algeria is distinguished by its desire to act in a link between the countries of the interior of the continent and the world markets, by mobilizing its geostrategic positioning in the service of African collective interest.
The representative of Algeria supported these remarks by evoking several major initiatives, such as the Trans -Saharan road, the gas pipeline A gas pipeline is a pipeline intended for the transport of gasoline materials under pressure, most of the time hydrocarbons. Depending on their nature of use, gas pipelines can be classified as three main families: 1- Collection pipelinesbringing the gas out of the deposits or underground storage to treatment sites. 2- transportation or transit, transporting under high pressure the treated gas (dehydrated, desulfurée, …) at the doors of urban areas or industrial consumption sites 3- Distribution pipelinesdistributing low -pressure gas as close as possible to domestic consumers or small industries. Nigeria-Europe via Algeria or the trans-Saharan fiber optic dorsal. These infrastructures beyond the economic impact aims to have a long-standing outbreak of the African Hinterland countries, to reduce the digital fracture and to stimulate intra-African exchanges in a reinforced spirit of South-South cooperation.
Chaib, however, pointed out that integration efforts can only bear fruit by attacking the structural causes of the isolation of maritime -free countries. Specifying that the latter combine several handicaps, such as high logistics costs, limited access to international markets, chronic infrastructure deficits, technological delays and significant exposure to climate shocks. Many challenges harm their competitiveness and slow down their development trajectory.
Chaib assured that these challenges require global and solidarity solutions and that the only viable route lies in “reinforced international solidarity, backed by appropriate multilateral cooperation mechanisms”. It could also find concrete answers in the implementation of the recommendations resulting from this conference, as well as in the conclusions of the Fourth United Nations Conference on Development Financing, recently held in Seville (June 30 – July 3).
The Secretary of State has also argued for a collective commitment in favor of an in -depth reform of international financial architecture, in order to make it more equitable, inclusive and adapted to the realities of developing countries, in particular those without maritime facade. He also insisted on the need to build “more representative” global economic governance, where the countries of the South, and in particular the landlocked African states, can weigh more in decision -making relating to their economic destiny.
It should be noted that through this intervention, Algeria reaffirms its position as a reliable and united partner in multilateral development efforts for development in Africa. By engaging in connectivity and regional integration projects, it demonstrates its desire to actively contribute to the structural transformation of the continent and to the inclusion of the most landlocked countries in the dynamics of growth and cooperation. This positioning is part of a Pan-African vision which makes solidarity, connectivity and co-development of essential pillars to build a united, sovereign and prosperous Africa.