{"id":58855,"date":"2026-04-18T10:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58855"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:35:33","slug":"algeria-reaffirms-support-for-unhcr-as-attaf-holds-bilateral-talks-on-sahrawi-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58855","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Reaffirms Support for UNHCR as Attaf Holds Bilateral Talks on Sahrawi Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf held bilateral talks Friday with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi&#8217;s successor Barham Salih on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Attaf told dzwatch that he renewed Algeria&#8217;s congratulations to Salih on assuming leadership of UNHCR earlier this year, reaffirming Algiers&#8217; full backing for his mission.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides reviewed cooperation frameworks between Algeria and UNHCR, with particular focus on programs dedicated to Sahrawi refugees \u2014 a population Algeria has long championed in the face of Morocco&#8217;s illegal occupation of Western Sahara.<\/p>\n<p>The two officials also addressed growing challenges threatening UNHCR&#8217;s capacity to manage refugee crises worldwide, with Algeria pledging continued engagement to ensure humanitarian commitments are upheld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf held bilateral talks Friday with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi&#8217;s successor Barham Salih on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum. Attaf told dzwatch that he renewed Algeria&#8217;s congratulations to Salih on assuming leadership of UNHCR earlier this year, reaffirming Algiers&#8217; full backing for his mission. Both sides &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}