At the start of this historic visit, the President of the Republic, who was accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (ANP), Army General Saïd Chanegriha, was welcomed by local authorities , civilian and military. After listening to the national anthem, he reviewed detachments of different ANP forces, who paid him honors.
Combat planes from the ANP forces escorted the President of the Republic aboard his presidential plane towards the wilaya of Khenchela.
During the first stage of this visit, the President of the Republic inaugurated and put into service the railway line linking Khenchela and Aïn Beïda (Oum El Bouaghi).
On this occasion, the President of the Republic praised the efforts of all those who contributed to the realization of this project, which entered into service "while some thought that they were only electoral promises", he said. -he said, affirming that “the era of projects that drag on for years is over, thanks to the efforts of conscientious executives”.
During the inauguration and commissioning of the project to split road No. 88 linking the wilayas of Khenchela and Batna over a 14 km stretch, the President of the Republic highlighted the importance of this road in “the revitalization of economic activity in the region”.
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At the urban center of the city of Khenchela, the President of the Republic laid the first stone of the project to create 600 public rental housing units and followed a presentation on the housing and agricultural sectors. , hydraulics and forests in the wilaya.
Regarding the Green Dam rehabilitation project, the President of the Republic emphasized the imperative diversification of trees, particularly in inhabited areas, calling for young people to be given the chance to participate through productive projects. .
A warm popular welcome was given to the President of the Republic by the notables and citizens of Khenchela, in recognition of the interest he has in relaunching development in their wilaya.
The President of the Republic closed his visit to Khenchela with a meeting with notables and representatives of civil society in the wilaya.
At the start of this meeting, the President of the Republic said he was proud and honored to be in the wilaya of Khenchela, which, he said, "has not benefited from its fair share of programs development in the past.
The President of the Republic announced a second complementary development program for this wilaya, which will be added to the first program from which Khenchela benefited, in order to make up for the great delay in terms of development in this wilaya", while not ruling out not "the possibility of a third development program for this wilaya from 2025".
During his meeting with the population of Khenchela, the President of the Republic took this opportunity to announce the opening of registrations for the AADL3 program from July 5.
Concerning the housing programs in the wilaya, the President of the Republic affirmed that "it was decided, from this day, to add a quota of 2000 rural housing units to the 4000 rural housing units already programmed", stressing that the mountainous regions "will be allocated aid worth 100 million centimes".
The President of the Republic interacted with representatives of civil society who praised the honorable positions of Algerian diplomacy in support of the Palestinian cause in international forums, reiterating Algeria's constant support for just causes through the world, at the head of which the Palestinian cause which he described as "the cause of all the Algerian people", in addition to his support for the Sahrawi cause and its people in order to allow them to achieve their self-determination.
During this meeting, the President of the Republic listened with great attention to the concerns and proposals of the citizens of Khenchela who unanimously welcomed the particular interest shown by the President of the Republic in relaunching development in this wilaya, displaying their support for the pursuit of reforms as part of the process of building the new Algeria.
The President of the Republic announced the granting of advantages and incentives to people wishing to invest in the wilaya of Khenchela, calling on operators to invest in projects "which benefit both them and the population of this wilaya , benefiting from several advantages.
Also, the President of the Republic affirmed his determination to continue reforms through the revision of the administrative division and the municipal and wilaya codes with a view to conferring more prerogatives on local elected officials.