FM Attaf: The Algerian-Turkish partnership has reached a fully integrated strategic level
ALGIERS – Algerian Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad, and African Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, said on Monday that the third session of the Algerian-Turkish Planning Committee successfully achieved all its intended objectives, with a comprehensive evaluation conducted on the progress made in implementing the decisions taken by the leaders of both countries, highlighting the accomplishments achieved and identifying the steps both parties still need to take to reach the set goals within the required timeframes.
Ahmed Attaf, citing the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, affirmed that the session—marked by valuable outcomes and solid political consensus—was the result of consultations held with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. It reaffirmed the wisdom of the decision made by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his counterpart, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to establish this planning committee. The committee serves as an institutional framework that brings together key ministerial sectors and national bodies, enabling focused collaboration on shared priorities and the removal of obstacles that may hinder their realization.
In his closing remarks, FM Attaf stated that both parties recognize the bilateral partnership has taken on a fully integrated strategic character—one whose value cannot be diminished or underestimated. He noted that Algeria is now Turkey’s top trading partner on the African continent, while Turkey has rightfully earned its place as the leading foreign investor in Algeria outside the hydrocarbons sector.
Moreover, the Algerian Minister added that the current figures are poised to grow, given the number of joint investment projects, particularly in the fields of energy and desert agriculture, which will soon enter their production phases. He also highlighted the outcomes of expanding Turkish investments in sectors such as steel, textiles, and iron, as well as the tremendous opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area, now in force as the largest free trade zone in the world.
Attaf also pointed to the ongoing efforts to enrich the legal framework governing economic and trade relations between the two countries, particularly the draft Preferential Trade Agreement and the draft Agreement on the Mutual Protection of Investments.
In this regard, Attaf praised the practical steps taken by both sides to implement the decisions made by the leaders of the two countries regarding the opening of two cultural centers—an Algerian cultural center in Turkey and a Turkish cultural center in Algeria. In addition to the project for the Turkish International School in Algeria, along with all the initiatives both parties are working to realize in the fields of education, higher learning, scientific research, as well as tourism-related sectors.
