Marzouki confers with Algerian presidential advisor

Caretaker President Moncef Marzouki conferred Monday with Algerian Presidential Advisor Kamel Rezzag-Bara.The talks turned on the need to increase consultations and co-ordination between Tunisia and Algeria about various mutual interest issues and especially the issue of security within the context of the new outbreak of threats resulting from the Malian crisis and the deployment of some armed groups in the Sahel and Sahara region.Marzouki stressed the need to reinforce bilateral co-operation, notably in matters of economy and development of border areas so as to achieve actual economic integration between the two countries, reads a statement of the presidency.The talks also turned on bilateral relations and means to make them meet the historic ties between the two brotherly peoples, the same source said