Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi paid a one-day bilateral visit to Algeria (20/12). During the visit, the Indonesian Foreign Minister held a bilateral meeting with the Algerian Foreign Minister and paid an honorary visit to the Algerian President.
This year marks 60 years of bilateral relations between Indonesia and Algeria. The Foreign Minister’s visit to Algeria is used to strengthen cooperation, especially trade and investment cooperation.

Algeria is among Indonesia’s top 5 trading partners in Africa. The volume of trade between the two countries continues to increase by 15.77% per year.

In the meeting with Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmad Attaf, the Foreign Minister was also accompanied by 3 Pertamina CEOs. The issues discussed in the meeting were:

Firstly, trade cooperation.

“Indonesia wants to increase trade cooperation with Algeria in a balanced and sustainable manner. During the meeting, I encouraged Algeria to establish a preferential trade agreement (PTA),” the Indonesian Foreign Minister said.

Source: APO Group