- Title: ALGERIA: POLISH HEAD OF STATE ARRIVES ON FIVE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT.
- Date: 6th October 1969
- Summary: SPYCHALSKI AND PARTY OFF AIRCRAFT AND GREETED BY BOUMEDIENNE; SPYCHALSKI INSPECTING GUARD OF HONOUR; CHILDREN WAVING FLAGS; SPYCHALSKI AND BOUMEDIENNE IN AIRPORT LOUNGE. Initials WW/VS/JF/MH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 21st October 1969 13:00
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- Location: ALGIERS, ALGERIA
- Country: Algeria
- Reuters ID: LVA8QW498Z9OWKDXE55XCA7PRFKN
- Story Text: POLISH HEAD OF STATE MARSHAL MARIAN SPYCHALSKI ARRIVED IN ALGIERS YESTERDAY (6 OCTOBER) AT THE START OF A FIVE-DAY VISIT TO ALGERIA. HE WAS GREETED AT THE AIRPORT BY PRESIDENT HOUARI BOUMEDIENNE.
MARSHAL SPYCHALSKI WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE AND A 17-STRONG DELEGATION INCLUDING EXTERNAL TRADE MINISTER JANUSZ BURAKIEWICZ AND DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ZYGFRYD WOLNIAK.
MARSHAL SPYCHALSKI, WHO IS THE FIRST POLISH HEAD OF STATE TO VISIT NORTH AFRICA, WILL HAVE TALKS WITH PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENNE AND MAKE A TWO-DAY TRIP TO THE INTERIOR, VISITING OIL FIELDS AND AN OIL AND GAS TERMINAL.
THE MARSHAL'S VISIT FOLLOWS SIX MONTHS AFTER A FIVE-DAY VISIT TO ALGERIA LAST APRIL BY POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER STEFAN JEDRYCHOWSKI, DURING WHICH AGREEMENTS FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION WERE SIGNED.
THE POLISH HEAD OF STATE IS THE THIRD EUROPEAN LEADER TO PAY AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO ALGERIA THIS YEAR. THE OTHERS ARE SOVIET PRESIDENT NIKOLAI PODGORNY AND BULGARIAN PREMIER TODOR ZHIKOV. MARSHAL TITO OF YUGOSLAVIA IS EXPECTED TO VISIT ALGERIA IN NOVEMBER.
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