Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel of Algeria paid an official visit to Turkey on 22-23 February 2018. The said visit constituted the first visit in 10 years at Foreign Ministerial level from Algeria.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with his Algerian counterpart Messahel on 22 February 2018. During the meeting, two Ministers exchanged views on bilateral relations, as well as important regional issues for both countries, such as Syria and Libya.

Turkey has a trade volume of 3.5 billion USD with Algeria; one of Turkey’s largest trading partners in Africa, and around 3.5 billion USD investments in this country. At the meetings, the determination to boost these figures to much higher numbers was also emphasized.