Lukashenko: Belarus, Algeria seek to boost trade to $500m by 2027 year-end 

MINSK, 10 April (BelTA) - Belarus and Algeria have agreed to boost trade to $500 million by end of 2027, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a ceremony to receive the credentials from the foreign ambassadors, among whom was Algeria’s diplomat Toufik Djouama, BelTA has learned.

“Quite recently, in December of last year, I visited Algeria for the first time. President Tebboune and I agreed to bring bilateral trade to $500 million by the end of 2027. This is an ambitious but achievable goal. Furthermore, work is underway to establish joint facilities in Algeria to produce Belarusian machinery, baby food, mineral fertilizers, and other products," the head of state said.

The president noted that Belarus, as a whole, pays special attention to Africa and is purposefully increasing the intensity of cooperation with this continent of the future, naturally, in the interests of the African peoples.