United Kingdom attaches \"great importance\" to Algeria’s experience regarding the situation in the Sahel, especially in northern Mali, said Thursday in Algiers British Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for the Sahel Stephen O’Brien. \"It’s clear that the UK and the international community attach great importance to the experience of Algeria and its understanding of the situation in northern Mali,\" said O’Brien at the end of his meeting with Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel