Visiting Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi Di Sant'Agata (L) shakes hands with his Algerian counterpart Mourad Medelci during a joint news conference in Algiers, Algeria, on March 15, 2012. Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi Di Sant'Agata said Thursday that Algeria is a key partner in counterterrorism in the region of the African Sahel, Algerian newspaper El Khabar reported. [Photo/Xinhua]

Visiting Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi Di Sant'Agata (L) and Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci attend a joint news conference in Algiers, Algeria, on March 15, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]