Turkey and Algeria formalise a deepening strategic relationship

Turkey and Algeria have signed 13 cooperation agreements covering a broad range of sectors, as Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdelmadjid Tebboune held talks in Ankara and convened the inaugural meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council.

The agreements,  signed by ministers from both sides in the presence of the two leaders,  span trade, transportation, telecommunications, industrial cooperation, agriculture, investment promotion, disaster management and media. Among the most significant: the launch of negotiations for a preferential trade agreement between the two countries, and memorandums on industrial cooperation and standardisation.

A joint declaration of the council's first meeting was also signed by the two presidents, formalising the new strategic framework governing bilateral relations.

The breadth of the package, from mutual recognition of driver's licences to cooperation in combating media disinformation, from plant quarantine agreements to welfare support for independence veterans, reflects the ambition of both countries to build a comprehensive and durable partnership.

Turkey and Algeria have been steadily deepening ties in recent years, driven by shared interests in African markets, Mediterranean geopolitics and a common desire to assert strategic autonomy from traditional Western frameworks. 

Thursday's summit in Ankara marks the most significant formalisation of that relationship to date.