Algeria, Venezuela agree to boost economic cooperation
Algiers, Algeria – (AFP):
Algeria and Venezuela have agreed to boost their economic cooperation, as President Nicolas Maduro visited his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
“We have agreed to reinforce economic cooperation between our countries,” Tebboune said at a joint press conference broadcast by state TV after their meeting.
He also announced that direct flights would soon be launched between Algiers and Caracas.
Maduro said he was “very happy about this decision” and added that both governments wished to work together more closely, particularly on oil and gas.
Both countries depend heavily on energy exports and are members of the OPEC oil cartel.
Maduro’s visit to Algeria comes as some two dozen leaders have congregated to Los Angeles for US President Joe Biden’s Summit of the Americas. The leftist Venezuelan was among those not invited.