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Qatar and Algeria yesterday signed a raft of agreements and memoranda of understanding following the 5th meeting of the Qatari-Algerian supreme committee co-chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani and the Prime Minister of Algeria Abdelmalek Sellal.
At the outset of the meeting, the Prime Minister and Interior Minister welcomed the Algerian Prime Minister and his accompanying delegation, expressing satisfaction at the growth of the two countries’ relations.
He praised the positive results of the four previous joint supreme committee meetings, which led to the signing of several agreements and memoranda of understanding between the two countries in various fields, contributing to the development of bilateral relations. He stressed the importance of Qatar-Algeria relations, and the activation of all bilateral co-operation agreements.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed the existing bilateral relations and means to bolster them in addition to several regional and international issues of mutual concern.
Several Qatari ministers and the members of the official delegation accompanying the Algerian prime minister attended the meeting.
Later the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and the Algerian Prime Minister signed the minutes of the Qatari-Algerian supreme committee meeting.
They also witnessed the signing of following memoranda of understanding and agreements:
1. An agreement on co-operation and exchange of news between Qatar News Agency (QNA) and the Algerian Press Service (APS).
2. The first implementation programme in tourism.
3. The second implementation programme of the co-operation agreement in the field of youth.
4. The second implementation programme of the co-operation agreement in the field of sports.
5. The fourth implementation programme of the education co-operation agreement.
6. The first implementation programme of co-operation in the field of higher education.
7. The third implementation programme for media agreement.
8. The first implementation programme for co-operation in the fields of fishing under the co-operation MoU on fisheries.
9. The second implementation programme in the cultural field under the cultural co-operation agreement.
10. The twinning protocol between national libraries.
11. MoU in the field of water resources.
12. MoU on the areas of consumer protection, economic control and combating commercial fraud.
13. A bilateral agreement on mutual administrative assistance for the optimum application of customs law to suppress, investigate and combat customs violations.
Later the Prime Minister hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of the Algerian premier and the accompanying delegation.
