ALGIERS, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Algeria on Sunday condemned the terrorist attacks that targeted Burkina Faso's military headquarters and French embassy in Ouagadougou.
In a statement to APS news agency, spokesman for Algerian Foreign Ministry, Abdelaziz Benali Cherif, stressed that his country "firmly and unequivocally condemns terrorism under all its forms."
Benali expressed Algeria's solidarity with the people and the government of Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso's Army Chief of Staff Headquarters and French embassy in Ouagadougou on Friday were hit by car bomb attacks, which left 16 people dead and over 90 injured, the Minister of Security Clement Sawadogo was quoted as saying.
He further added that the attack might has been planned to target a meeting of the G5 Sahel which was underway in the military headquarters.
The G5 Sahel is a coalition of Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Chad, of which the main goal is fighting terrorist groups in the region.