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Algeria News Portal: Algeria and Turkey began negotiations of a preferential trade agreement with a view to raising trade to $10 billion.

🔴انطلاق أشغال منتدى الأعمال الجزائري – التركي 🇹🇷 🇩🇿 بمشاركة رجال أعمال جزائريين وأتراك

🔴التوقيع على عدة #اتفاقيات تخص مجالات اقتصادية هامة بين الجانبين الجزائري والتركي خلال أشغال منتدى رجال الأعمال الجزائري – التركي

🔴منتدى الأعمال الجزائري-التركي يترأسه مناصفة وزير التجارة… pic.twitter.com/fCshfGhRYd

— بوابة الجزائر – Algeria Gate (@algatedz) May 7, 2026

Kamal Rezig the Minister for Foreign Trade and Export promotion said during the joint chairmanship with his Turkish counterpart Mer Bulut of the Algerian-Turkish Business Forum, which began on Thursday with the participation of Algerian and Turkish business figures, that bilateral Algerian-Turkish relations have “reached a mature stage” and the launch of talks on a preferential trade deal was officialized at the opening of the forum attended by over 200 Algerian and 250 Turkish business figures.

Raziq told Algerian International Radio the volume of trade between the two nations had exceeded $6 billion and reiterated the increasing dynamism of their bilateral partnership noting the cooperation will increasingly involve investment, technology transfer, enhancing regional and international competitiveness.

The chairman of the Turkish Board of Foreign Economic Relations Nael Olbak said there was a shared desire to increase the volume of trade to $10 billion and confirmed the signing of a new agreement with the CREA council for the stimulation of investments and business partnerships especially since Turkey was leveraging the African market through Algeria.

In turn the Vice president of CREA, Reda Hachlaf said that it was necessary to create an “Algerian-Turkish industrial alliance” aiming for international markets.

The Managing Director of the Algerian Investment Promotion Agency Omar Rakkash declared meanwhile that Algeria provided an “investment climate based on trust and equity between investors with attractive prospects in the fields of energy, industry, agriculture and tourism.”

Algeria News Portal: In an interview with the French channel CNEWS, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez acknowledged that France is facing consequences for its failed pressure tactics toward Algeria. He emphasized that Paris must maintain relations with Algeria, responding directly to the far-right’s demands for a break with the country.

وزير الداخلية الفرنسي 🇫🇷 : لا يمكن ألا نقيم علاقات مع #الجزائر 🇩🇿
لوران #نونيز : عقب زيارتي إلى الجزائر منتصف فبراير، تم إصدار أكثر من 140 تصريح مرور حتى الآن
لوران نونيز : #فرنسا تدفع ثمن سياسة لي الذراع مع الجزائر pic.twitter.com/POMpcX9eXs

— بوابة الجزائر – Algeria Gate (@algatedz) May 7, 2026

Regarding deportations, Nunez stated that “no consular transit permits were issued at the start of the year.” This coincided with rising tensions between the two countries, but the situation began to improve after his visit to Algeria in mid-February, during which more than 140 transit permits have been issued so far. He mentioned that things are “moving toward improvement,” although “further efforts” are still needed.

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Algeria News Portal:Reporters covering the Turkish President’s Activities reported that this was an unusual departure from the normal protocol for such an occasion.

According to sources, Erdogan typically waits for guests at his Palace, but this time he went to meet them on the tarmac and offered them the full ceremonial protocol afforded to state leaders when they arrive in Turkey. Under Tebboune, Algeria is no longer merely a country on a map; it now presents itself as a regional counterbalance to European countries like Lebanon and Italy and is treated as an equal by world powers like China, Russia, and the United States when conducting business with them.

أردوغان يكسر البروتوكول التركي المعمول به من أجل #الجزائر 🇩🇿… ويستقبل الرئيس #تبون شخصياً على أرضية المطار !
في التقاليد الرئاسية المتعارف عليها في تركيا أردوغان ينتظر ضيوفه عادة في القصر الرئاسي
لكن المشهد اليوم في أنقرة 🇹🇷كان مغايرا
رجب طيب #أردوغان على رأس مستقبلي… pic.twitter.com/Akk1AEtdoM

— أحمد حفصي || HAFSI AHMED (@ahafsidz) May 6, 2026

On this occasion, Tebboune became the first Algerian president to visit Turkey as a result of an invitation from the Turkish president to conduct business together, marking the beginning of a new era for Algeria under Presidents Bouteflika and Tebboune and offering further hope to countries in the Arab World who long for a more equitable relationship with Turkey.

Economic issues are expected to dominate the talks, as both countries aim to increase bilateral trade to $10 billion. According to the Algerian presidency, the visit, which runs from May 6 to 8, part of efforts to intensify political and economic coordination between the two countries, as the two presidents will chair the first session of the Algerian-Turkish High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, a new institutional mechanism aimed at elevating the bilateral partnership to a more structured and comprehensive framework.

The upcoming meeting in Ankara will be attended by a number of ministers from both sides and will be dedicated to assessing bilateral relations in various fields, including trade, energy, investment, and industry, as well as exploring ways to develop them in the coming period. Discussions between the two sides will also address a range of current regional and international issues, in light of increasing coordination between Algeria and Turkey on matters of mutual interest, particularly in the Sahel region, Libya, and the Middle East.

نشاط رئاسي لا يتوقف ..
جزائر قوية، جزائر طموحة، جزائر تتقدم بخطى ثابتة تحت قيادة رئيس يعرف ماذا يريد لشعبه.
شرقا وغربا و في زمن المحاور والاصطفافات ، يدافع الرئيس تبون ببراغماتية عن مصالح بلدن وبكل قوة وعزيمة نجح في نسج شراكات استراتيجية تجعل بلدنا يتقدم بثبات نحو القمة
بلد… pic.twitter.com/nCmysj4a9W

— أحمد حفصي || HAFSI AHMED (@ahafsidz) May 6, 2026

The visit is expected to culminate in the signing of several agreements and memoranda of understanding, which will strengthen the legal and contractual framework of bilateral relations and expand areas of economic cooperation, which has seen remarkable growth in recent years, as Turkey is one of Algeria’s leading trading partners outside the European Union.

L’Algérie 🇩🇿s’impose.. #Tebboune élève le rang du pays#Algérie pic.twitter.com/JywNL0dqRG

— بوابة الجزائر – Algeria Gate (@algatedz) May 6, 2026

Algerian-Turkish relations have recently reached a new level of cooperation with two leaders exchanging high ranking delegations regularly to both strengthen Algeria’s performance by expanding its economic relationships and improving its visible presence inside the region and internationally as well as for Turkey working to become stronger throughout Africa.

Erdogan 🇹🇷 brise le protocole turc et descend PERSONNELLEMENT sur le tarmac accueillir le Président Tebboune🇩🇿
✅Dans la tradition turque #Erdoğan attend ses hôtes au Palais.
✅Aujourd’hui à Ankara : il s’est déplacé lui-même pour réserver à #Tebboune un accueil exceptionnel avec… pic.twitter.com/4vKqqh17su

— بوابة الجزائر – Algeria Gate (@algatedz) May 6, 2026

Additionally, President Tebboune has now visited Turkey three times since becoming president, with his first trip being in May of 2022 and the last trip was completed in July of 2023. Turkish President Erdoğan travelled to Algeria twice to meet with Algeria’s government, one in January of 2020 and once again after he visited Algeria in November of 2023 for a meeting that was held at the Algeria-Turkey Business Forum that showed both government’s are continuing to have large trade flows..

Erdoğan’s latest visit culminated in the signing of 13 cooperation agreements, most notably the extension of the agreement to import Algerian gas to Turkey for an additional three years, through 2027.

In his speech at the forum, the Turkish president emphasized that Turkey is the largest foreign investor in Algeria outside the hydrocarbons sector, with Turkish companies providing some 5,000 jobs for Algerians, and he expressed his hope to increase the volume of Turkish investments to $10 billion.

For his part, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune described Algerian-Turkish relations as “strong and promising,” emphasizing the existence of sincere political will on both sides to advance cooperation to higher levels.

President Tebboune also made a second visit to Turkey in July 2023, which focused on deepening economic and trade relations, underscoring the strategic nature of bilateral ties, according to the statements. The areas of economic cooperation between the two countries are diverse; Algeria has come to occupy an important position in ensuring Turkey’s energy security, and Turkish companies are active in various sectors, most notably iron and steel, textiles, and agriculture, in addition to trade and services, with a Turkish bank having recently entered the Algerian market.