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Algeria asks France for clarifications on comments made by French Pres. on airplane victims

ALGIERS, July 27 (KUNA) -- Algeria has demanded clarifications from France over commenats made by French President Francois Hollande transporting corpses of all victims of Air Algerie flight AH5017 passenger jet that crashed in Mali.
Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra is in touch with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to determine the position towards the remarks attributed to French president in this regard, ministry spokesman Abdulaziz bin Ali Al-Sharif told Algerian News Agency.
All bodies of the crashed plane will be taken back to France, the French media quoted Hollande as saying after a meeting with victims' families at the French Foreign Ministry headquarters in Paris yesterday.
Air Algerie flight AH5017 passenger jet crashed on Thursday killing around 116 people of 15 different nationalities. (end) ft.tma.hs