MR. INGOLIC ARRIVING TO SEE PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENNE AND THE TWO MEN SEATED TOGETHER. MR. INGOLIC AND PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENNE AFTER THE TALKS, AND THE YUGOSLAV MINISTER LEAVING.




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Background: MR. JOZE INGOLIC, THE YUGOSLAV MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTS, CALLED ON PRESIDENT HOUARI BOUMEDIENNE OF ALGERIA ON ALGIERS ON TUESDAY. MR. INGOLIC IS ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO ALGERIA, TUNISIA AND MOROCCO TO DISCUSS COOPERATION BETWEEN YUGOSLAVIA AND THE THREE NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE.

MR. INGOLIC AND PRESIDENT BOUMEDIENNE SPENT ABOUT 45 MINUTES TALKING TOGETHER. NO COMMUNIQUE ON THEIR DISCUSSIONS HAS BEEN RELEASED.

THE YUGOSLAV MINISTER HAS HAD LONG TALKS WITH THE ALGERIAN INDUSTRY MINISTER, M. BELAID ABDESSALAM. DURING HIS VISIT, MR. INGOLIC HAS ALSO ATTENDED A MEETING IN ALGIERS OF AGRICULTURAL MINISTERS --- AT WHICH HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TALKS WITH M. ALI MAHSAS, THE ALGERIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRARIAN REFORM.

MR. INGOLIC LEAVES ALGIERS FOR RABAT ON FRIDAY.

(MEANWHILE, IN ALGIERS, THE SOVIET UNION AND ALGERIA HAVE CONCLUDED AN EXTENSIVE TRADE AGREEMENT. SOVIET OFFICIALS HAVE SPENT TWO WEEKS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR ALGERIAN COUNTERPARTS.)