President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika has received Tuesday in Algiers French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is on an official visit to Algeria. The audience took place in presence of Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah, Deputy Minister of National Defence, Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (ANP) and Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel. The French Defence minister, who arrived Tuesday in Algiers for a two-day working visit, was also received by Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal and held talks with Lieutenant General Gaid Salah.