Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf received on Monday a telephone call from his Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

During the phone call, the two sides discussed preparations for the 20th session of the ministerial conference between African and Nordic countries, which will be held in Algiers from October 16 to 18, under the title "Promoting dialogue on the basis of common values." Algerian press service said that Rasmussen expressed during the call his "regrets and apologies" for the criminal act of burning the Holy Quran in front of the embassies of Muslim countries, including the Algerian embassy in Copenhagen.

Source: Qatar News Agency