Algeria-Indonesia: A new parliamentary dynamic to enhance bilateral cooperation – The New Algeria

The Algerian-Indonesian Parliamentary Friendship Group concluded, At the end of this week, her official visit to the Republic of Indonesia will take place, after an intensive work program that brought together the two parties, within the framework of strengthening parliamentary cooperation relations and advancing bilateral partnership towards broader horizons, as reported today, Friday, by a statement by the National People’s Assembly.

The Council explained in its statement that the working meeting that brought together the Algerian parliamentary delegation, headed by MP Ben Hamouda Mohamed Yazid, with Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister Anis Mata, yesterday, Thursday, constituted the last leg of this visit, as it was distinguished by an examination of the historical, fraternal and political relations that unite the two countries, which paved the way for the establishment of promising economic relations, which remain open to greater sophistication and diversity, given the countries’ abundant resources and capabilities, as well as the geostrategic location. The important thing that Algeria occupies is Africa and the Mediterranean.

The delegation of the Algerian-Indonesian Parliamentary Friendship Group had begun its visit from the city of Bandung, which hosts one of the most prominent historical stations related to the definition and promotion of the Algerian liberation revolution, during the conference of April 24, 1955. In this context, the idea of ​​establishing twinning between the city of Bandung and the Algerian city of Valma was widely welcomed and greatly praised by the Indonesian side.

This rapprochement was clearly embodied during the meeting that brought together the Algerian delegation with its Indonesian counterpart at the headquarters of the Chamber of Representatives, where views were exchanged on many issues of common interest in the legislative field, with an emphasis on the need to support cooperation in the fields of higher education and scientific research, in addition to diversifying economic partnerships between the two countries.

In the same context, meetings of members of the Algerian parliamentary delegation with deputy ministers of higher education, tourism, development and planning moved in the same direction, by emphasizing the importance of strengthening sectoral cooperation and intensifying joint coordination.

According to the statement, the members of the Algerian-Indonesian Parliamentary Friendship Group received a warm welcome from the Secretary-General of the Southeast Asian Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), during which the head of the group handed over to him an official invitation addressed to him by the President of the National People’s Assembly, Mr. Ibrahim Bougali, to visit Algeria.

It is expected that this visit will be followed by a similar visit by members of the Indonesian Parliamentary Friendship Group to Algeria, provided that the joint parliamentary consultations will culminate in the signing of new cooperation agreements.