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Algeria’s president to visit Switzerland for medical checks

Published: 21 Feb 2019 - 08:15 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 04:46 am
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on June 15, 2015 in Algiers. AFP/Alain Jocard

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on June 15, 2015 in Algiers. AFP/Alain Jocard

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ALGIERS:  Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will travel to Switzerland on Sunday for routine medical checks, his office said in a statement without elaborating.

Bouteflika, 81, has announced that he will run for a fifth term in office in the presidential election set for April 18, and observers expect him to win.

 

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