Chinese president hails ‘fruitful’ ties with Algeria
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping met with Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane on Friday in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh and hailed fruitful cooperation between the two nations.
Xi noted that China and Algeria enjoy traditional friendship and that their practical cooperation has yielded fruitful results, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
Xi added that Beijing is willing to deepen cooperation with Algeria in the fields of infrastructure, energy, mining and aerospace under the Belt and Road initiative.
Benabderrahmane thanked China for its long-term and valuable support to Algeria, particularly for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and the production of vaccines in the country.
He said Algeria hopes to further strengthen cooperation with China in infrastructure and other fields, and strive for new progress in Arab-China and Africa-China relations, he added.