(AGENPARL) – KREMLIN gio 15 giugno 2023

President
of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr
President, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends.

We just held talks with President of the People’s Democratic
Republic of Algeria, Mr Tebboune, who is on a state visit in Russia. The talks took
place in a businesslike atmosphere and were quite productive.

This is borne out by a solid package of signed interstate,
intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents aimed at further
strengthening relations between our countries in various diverse areas.
Journalists have just seen the exchange of some of these documents.

I will mention one of them – the Declaration on Enhanced
Strategic Partnership between our countries. This is a most important bilateral
document with clear guidelines for interaction in the long-term perspective.

Overall, the Algerian President’s programme here is
extremely intensive and substantial. He has met with the Prime Minister of Russia
and the speakers of both Federal Assembly chambers. Mr Tebboune also attended the Russia-Algeria business forum and the unveiling ceremony for a square named
after Algerian national hero Emir Abdelkader in the centre of Moscow. I’d like to note that in tsarist times, I believe, Alexander II awarded him with the Order
of the White Eagle in his time.

Tomorrow, we will continue talking with Mr President
at the main plenary session of the 26^th St Petersburg International
Economic Forum in St Petersburg.

I would like to emphasise that we are sincerely happy
to receive, here in the Kremlin, our friend, President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune since Algeria is our key
partner in the Arab world and in Africa. Russian-Algerian relations are truly constructive
and mutually beneficial. They rest on respect and consideration for each other’s
interests, and we continue developing them in the spirit of friendship and mutual support.

Our bilateral cooperation goes back
a long time. Last year marked the 60^th anniversary of diplomatic
ties. As a reminder, our country helped our Algerian friends fight colonialism
and was among the first to recognise the independence of Algeria. It contributed
to the development of Algerian statehood and the strengthening of the young republic’s
position in the international arena.

Our specialists, engineers and construction
workers, helped build major industrial and energy infrastructure facilities, as well as important manufacturing enterprises in Algeria. Many of them, after modernisation,
continue to function successfully to this day and make a significant
contribution to Algeria’s economic development.

Today, we discussed in detail a wide
range of issues, including bilateral relations in the political, economic and humanitarian spheres, as well as priority items on the regional and international agendas.

With regard to economic cooperation,
Algeria has for many years been among Russia’s leading trading partners in Africa. Suffice it to say that in the first quarter alone, our trade grew by over 73 percent and mutual trade in agricultural products doubled.

Our interaction in the energy sector – I will come to this a little later – is quite significant, with Algeria and Russia being oil and gas producing countries.

The joint Russian-Algerian intergovernmental
commission [for trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation] is a permanent body. Its regular, 11^th meeting is scheduled to be held in Moscow in the second half of the year and will focus on deepening mutually
beneficial business and investment contacts and promoting large-scale projects.

Without doubt, our efforts to expand
mutual transactions in national currencies are crucial. They will shield mutual
trade from third countries’ impact and adverse developments on international
foreign exchange markets.

To be
continued.

Fonte/Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71437