Testimony of an Ally Country’s ambassador
Sponsored by British Petroleum and HSBC Bank, a conference was held on Thursday the 7th February 2008 at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London. The conference theme “Algeria today and tomorrow; the British connection”, gathered a delegation of Algerian officials along with some British personalities including the British Ambassador in Algeria, Mr. Andrew Henderson, who gave a speech describing somehow the situation in the country.
The British diplomat began by expressing his surprise towards the
decision of President Bouteflika to amend the Constitution “to allow
him to run for a third term that would take him through from 2009 to
2014”. The Ambassador added: “It is an interesting debate, I find,
particularly for Presiden...