Algerian president returns home after "routine medical checks" in Geneva

ALGIERS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Sunday returned home after two weeks of stay in Geneva for "routine medical checks," TSA news website reported.

The presidential aircraft carrying Bouteflika landed on Boufarik Military Airport, some 45 km southwest of the capital Algiers, at 5:48 p.m. local time (1648 GMT).

Bouteflika was immediately escorted to the State Residence in western Algiers under strict security after the landing.