Rome, 23 July (Reuters) – Italy and Algeria agreed to cooperate with terrorism and control of migration during the intergovernmental meeting in Rome on Wednesday, showed documents, while companies signed in sectors, including energy and telecommunications.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Algerian President Abdelmadjid Teboune in the Villa of the 17th Century of Doria Pamphili on the way to Algiers Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in March.
Algeria is the main business partner in Africa in Rome, while a trade worth almost 14 billion euros ($ 16.4 billion), while investing in Rome is 8.5 billion, Italy said.
According to the document seen by Reuters, a memorandum on the fight against terrorism and its funding will be signed between Italy and Algeria. The document did not say to which threats the countries were focused on.
Both nations will also agree on the plan to coordinate search and rescue operations for migrants who are trying to dangerous sea crossing from North Africa to Europe. Meloni’s right -wing government was elected in 2022 with a mandate to reduce the arrival of migrants.
On the basis of the Commercial Party of the Italian Energy Group, this month, Sonatrach of Sonatrach worth $ 1.3 billion to explore and the development of hydrocarbons in Algeria has signed a contract for sharing production with oil and gas companies.
The document stated that both companies will sign another ancillary agreement to strengthen their cooperation.
Eni buys gas from Sonatrach on the basis of a long -term contract that made the North African country one of the key suppliers of fuel for Italy after Rome interrupted links with the Russian Gazprom after the invasion of Ukraine in Moscow.
A separate agreement will include the sub -cable company Sparkle, Telecom Italia (TIM), which will be sold to a consortium led by the Italian cash register at the end of this year.
Sparkle signs a preliminary agreement with Algerie Telecom for a new underwater cable connecting both countries.
“Algeria is a strategic partner, and we are working hard to make this partnership becoming wider, stronger and more diversified,” Foreign Minister Tajani told more than 400 companies from these two nations. ($ 1 = 0.8521 EUR) (Angelo Amante report; editing Toby Chopra)
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