Algiers: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Saturday left a Paris hospital where he had been admitted last month for digestive troubles, Algeria's official news agency said.
The APS news agency, citing a communique from his personal physician, Dr. Messaoud Zitouni, reported that Bouteflika left Val de Grace hospital yesterday. It did not specify where the president had gone.
"The state of health of President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika is evolving favourably, and the follow-up from the operation that he underwent offers a very good prognosis," the statement said.
"Strict rest has been prescribed to him before he returns to his national and international activities."
Rumours about Bouteflika's health swirled after the 68-year-old North African leader was admitted to the Paris military hospital on November 26 with an unspecified gastrointestinal problem.
Dr. Anne Robert, a spokeswoman for the French army's health service, confirmed that Bouteflika had left the hospital but did not provide further details, citing French medical confidentiality laws.
A medical bulletin published December 5 the only statement to be published since his hospitalisation said Bouteflika had undergone a successful operation for a bleeding stomach ulcer. It did not say when the operation took place.
Prime Minister Ahmad Ouyahia had denied "insane rumours" about the president's health, telling APS on Thursday that "certain foreign sources" were behind them, without elaborating.