{"id":29508,"date":"2013-03-03T07:35:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T06:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/03\/03\/291660\/uk-min-visits-algeria-for-security-deal\/"},"modified":"2013-03-03T07:35:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T06:35:37","slug":"uk-min-visits-algeria-for-security-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/uk-min-visits-algeria-for-security-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Min visits Algeria for security deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_body_spnDetail\">Alistair Burt (R) Abdelkader Messahel (L) in Algiers, April 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divDetailBody\">\n<p>British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt is to pay a two-day visit to Algeria in an apparent bid to hunt for new natural resources for Britain through greater security cooperation with Algiers.<\/p>\n<p>Burt\u2019s trip follows British Prime Minister David Cameron\u2019s visit to the African country late in January and will focus on a new strategic security agreement between Algiers and London, Algeria Press Service quoted a British diplomatic source as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Burt is planned to hold talks with Algerian ministers including Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel during his stay.<\/p>\n<p>Top on the agenda of the British minister will be the security situation in Sahel, Syria and Libya as well as bilateral trade.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron\u2019s visit to Algeria was the first by a British PM since the African nation won independence from France in 1962.<\/p>\n<p>The PM\u2019s travel followed the Amenas gas plant siege and raised speculations that London is planning a security presence in Algeria, which supplies 5 percent of Britain\u2019s gas needs.<\/p>\n<p>The move will give London a toehold in the strategic North African country, which is a neighbor of Libya and Mali.<\/p>\n<p>Britain is involved in the French offensive on the Malian dissidents near the Algerian borders.<\/p>\n<p>London also has significant oil interests in Libya and the Algerian security deal triggers fears that British officials are planning new imperialistic moves to hunt for resources in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Britain said in a state-prepared Energy Security Strategy back in November that \u201cdeclining reserves of fossil fuels in the North Sea are making the UK increasingly dependent on imports at a time of rising global demand and increased resource competition\u201d, which is leaving the UK \u201cincreasingly exposed to the pressures and risks of global markets\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The document said North Sea oil supplies that currently account for 70 percent of Britain\u2019s oil demand will run out in 20 years in the context of a 15 percent rise in the global oil demand by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>AMR\/HE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>Alistair Burt (R) Abdelkader Messahel (L) in Algiers, April 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt is to pay a two-day visit to Algeria in an apparent bid to hunt for new natural resources for Britain through greater security cooperation with Algiers.<\/p>\n<p>Burt&rsquo;s trip follows British Prime Minister David Cameron&rsquo;s visit to the African country late in January and will focus on a new strategic security agreement between Algiers and London, Algeria Press Service quoted a British diplomatic source as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Burt is planned to hold talks with Algerian ministers including Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel during his stay.<\/p>\n<p>Top on the agenda of the British minister will be the security situation in Sahel, Syria and Libya as well as bilateral trade.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron&rsquo;s visit to Algeria was the first by a British PM since the African nation won independence from France in 1962.<\/p>\n<p>The PM&rsquo;s travel followed the Amenas gas plant siege and raised speculations that London is planning a security presence in Algeria, which supplies 5 percent of Britain&rsquo;s gas needs.<\/p>\n<p>The move will give London a toehold in the strategic North African country, which is a neighbor of Libya and Mali.<\/p>\n<p>Britain is involved in the French offensive on the Malian dissidents near the Algerian borders.<\/p>\n<p>London also has significant oil interests in Libya and the Algerian security deal triggers fears that British officials are planning new imperialistic moves to hunt for resources in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Britain said in a state-prepared Energy Security Strategy back in November that &ldquo;declining reserves of fossil fuels in the North Sea are making the UK increasingly dependent on imports at a time of rising global demand and increased resource competition&rdquo;, which is leaving the UK &ldquo;increasingly exposed to the pressures and risks of global markets&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>The document said North Sea oil supplies that currently account for 70 percent of Britain&rsquo;s oil demand will run out in 20 years in the context of a 15 percent rise in the global oil demand by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>AMR\/HE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" 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