Davos, Switzerland (AP) - Algeria foreign minister admitted that security forces in the Sahara natural gas treatment plant, dozens of foreign workers in the Algerian military strike the hostage crisis were killed in one of the error.
Jose vladimir Medelci also admitted that Algeria will need the help of the international community to fight against terrorism. Algeria's crisis management decided to refuse to foreign aid, and sent troops shot hostages vehicles, caused widespread criticism of the international community.
"We have our mistakes in the process of evaluation," Medelci in davos, Switzerland world economic BBS last Friday when accepting a reporter to interview told the Associated Press.
But, he did not find any error or solve specific criticism of chaos and bloody operation. But overall, he suggested, Algeria government did the right thing.
"In this evaluation, we tend to more to establish operation was a success," he said.
On January 16,, al-qaida affiliate organization has claimed to attack, send a lot of foreign energy workers fled across the desert for his life. The head of the army of the Algerian complex four-day siege left at least 37 hostage and 29 militants death. Some are badly burned death, that it is difficult to determine.
The minister said, Algeria, may be in the multinational corporation management of oil and gas reserves rich countries place to strengthen security measures. But he insisted, in Algeria foreign workers "will continue to work hard, in Algeria and answer a terrorist, this is the best way."
He defended the government's decision, points out its years of experience and radical islamist violence against, rather than negotiation.
"In the face of such attitude (terrorism), it not only solve the problem, then the action," he said.
But he also admitted that Algeria can't alone in the face of international terrorism.
"This is absolutely necessary support," he said.
He thinks, Algerian target. On the contrary, he said, the terrorist target of foreign investors for their work.
On the basis of Mali by the leadership of the international organization militants launched an attack. Extreme molecular requirements led France military action in neighboring Mali, where the "base" organization joint group has seized and extended control, in the past one year end.
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