Algeria backs Iran's right to peaceful nuclear technology

"All the countries, especially Iran, have the right to use nuclear power for peaceful proposes," Bouteflika said in a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesday.

The Algerian president further referred to the future meeting of the G15 countries in May in the Iranian capital Tehran and said: "I hope the Tehran G15 meeting has considerable achievements."

Bouteflika also underlined the importance of the Iran-Algeria Joint Commission.

Mottaki, for his part, delivered Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's invitation for the meeting of the G15 to Bouteflika.

The G15, which brings together 19 countries mostly from Latin America, Asia and Africa, is currently headed by Iran and due to meet in Tehran in mid-May.


/Press TV/