Today, Sunday, the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers, which discussed offers, including the National Portal for Digital Services and putting it into operation, means of fighting fires, financing the project to complete the Laghouat-Ghardaia-Menia railway line, in its first part, in addition to the creation of the Supreme Council of the National Scientific Community Abroad and the establishment of the National Authority for Antiquities.
After the President of the Republic opened the Council of Ministers meeting and announced the agenda, and then the Prime Minister presented the government’s activity in the last two weeks, the President extended his greetings and thanks for the efforts of the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Bank of Algeria in particular and all the executives and workers of the financial sector in general, to enable Algeria to exit the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force (GAFI). The President also recalled, on the occasion of this major achievement, that Algeria’s reputation has suffered greatly internationally, due to the financial and illegal violations that prevailed before 2019, stressing that this decision came as an international recognition that Algeria today has completely moved away from the era of money laundering and capital movement crimes, irreversibly.
The President of the Republic also ordered the Minister of Finance and Justice to work strictly and decisively to prevent any violations in financial transactions in the future and to ensure transparency, especially with all the economic, financial and judicial reforms that Algeria has undertaken since the election of the President of the Republic in 2019, and his commitment to supporting Algeria’s reputation internationally, at all levels.
National Digital Services Portal:
The President emphasized that the actual entry into work on the digitization portal, the goal behind which is to improve management and reduce expenses, while achieving effectiveness in managing the affairs of the state and the citizen, whose life will become more and more easier, which will enhance well-being.
The President of the Republic ordered the High Minister of Digitization to prepare the national social map, before the next social intervention, which brings Algeria into a new era of social justice within the framework of the vision of a strong modern state strengthened by a digital system that guarantees sovereignty and curbs all forms of fraud and corruption.
The project to finance the completion of the Laghouat-Ghardaia-Mnaia railway line, in its first part:
The President ordered the acceleration of the launch of the various workshops of this strategic project with multiple economic dimensions, with the economic mobility it provides and the creation of new jobs.
Connecting Hassi Messaoud to this line, as it reduces costs and distances, and increases Algeria’s exports from the production of the new Hassi Messaoud refinery, which will enter service soon.
Establishing the Supreme Council of the National Scientific Community Abroad:
The Council of Ministers approved that the Supreme Council of the National Scientific Community Abroad will be an advisory body affiliated with the Presidency of the Republic, independent financially and administratively.
The President of the Republic addressed an appeal to all Algerians, who are leaders of science, across the world to participate and contribute to the project of advancing the country to reach the ranks of developed countries, by benefiting from their experiences.
The President expressed the Algerian nation’s pride and pride in their competencies wherever they are across the world, and committed to opening the door of freedom wide to them, to contribute, alongside their counterparts at home, to developing Algeria further and catapulting it to the ranks of developed countries.
Creation of a national antiquities agency:
It is necessary to revitalize the research and exploration of Algerian scientists and researchers in antiquities, and liberate them scientifically to exit once and for all from the stage of being satisfied with the discovered antiquities and continuing excavations to discover more antiquities related to the various historical eras of humanity in Algeria.
– Establishing a national antiquities agency, which will be independent from any peaceful administration and will be an institution of a commercial and industrial nature.
The President of the Republic ordered that this agency have a police, specialized in protecting and monitoring everything related to antiquities, of all kinds, because they carry out exploratory and research field missions.
The agency shall be under the direct supervision of the Presidency of the Republic.
Before the conclusion of the Council of Ministers meeting, the President of the Republic gave instructions to establish an Algerian-Chinese company specialized in cleaning all Algerian ports from east to west, immediately after the completion of the Annaba port expansion project, and this in anticipation of entering the stage of exporting Algerian phosphate abroad after the completion of the Al-Munji railway line, which connects the Bilad Al-Hadba mine with Wadi Al-Sulfur, all the way to the port of Annaba.
