ALGIERS - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad announced on Tuesday the start of the submission of requests for provisional accreditation for the foreign press which does not accompany official delegations and wishing to cover the work of the Arab Summit of Algiers scheduled for next November, from August 1st to September 30th.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad brings to the attention of the foreign press which does not accompany the official delegations and wishing to ensure the coverage of the 31st ordinary session of the Council of the Arab League at the level of the Summit scheduled for November 1 and 2, 2022 in Algiers, that the period for submitting requests for provisional accreditation is scheduled from August 1 to September 30, 2022".

Accreditation application files are filed at the level of the Algerian diplomatic or consular services with territorial jurisdiction, both in the country hosting the head office of the employing body and at the journalist's place of residence if necessary.

The provisional accreditation application file contains the following documents:

-Application form for a "journalist visa" that can be issued or downloaded via the electronic sites of the Algerian diplomatic or consular missions abroad.

-Application form for accreditation of the foreign press that does not accompany an official delegation that can be issued or downloaded via the electronic sites of the Algerian diplomatic or consular missions abroad or via the electronic site dedicated to the Arab Summit (www. arabsummit2022.dz).

-A request issued by the journalist employing body.

- A copy of the passport of the journalist of foreign nationality or a copy of the national identity card of the journalist of Algerian nationality.

- A copy of the journalist's professional card.

-Two photos of the person concerned.

-A detailed list of technical equipment reserved for press activity.

"For more information on appointments and procedures for filing requests for provisional accreditation, the journalists concerned can consult the electronic portal dedicated to the Arab Summit (www.arabsummit2022.dz)". The ministry also specifies that "the operation of registration of the foreign press accompanying the official delegations will be done in parallel with the registration of the official delegations within a deadline which will be fixed later".