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Canadian diplomat Jacques Bilodeau officially invited Algeria on Sunday (16 October) to the third conference for climate change to be held from 28 November to 9 December in Montreal. Bilodeau headed a delegation to Algiers to discuss implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, with Environment and Regional Planning Minister Cherif Rahmani and other officials.

At a press conference, Bilodeau said, "Algeria is a country which recorded significant progress with regards to control of pollution. The country's experience will be of a considerable contribution to the success of the conference of Montreal". (Infosoir)