Naval Forces Commander presides over inspection ceremony of high-seas patrol vessel "El Moutassadi"

ALGIERS -The Commander of the Naval Forces, Major General Mahfoud Benmeddah, presided Sunday, at the north quay of the Admiralty at Algiers Naval Base, over the inspection ceremony of the high-seas patrol vessel "El Moutassadi," ahead of its departure for Tripoli (Libya) to take part in the joint maritime security exercise "Seaborder-26" involving navies of the 5+5 Defense Initiative countries, according to a statement issued Sunday by the Ministry of National Defense.