Today and tomorrow, 4-5 May, Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica is in Algiers, a key strategic partner for the EU, to discuss EU-Algeria bilateral and regional cooperation. Discussions will include potential cooperation under the Pact for the Mediterranean across areas such as trade and investment, energy, migration, and security.
Commissioner Šuica will hold high-level meetings. Today, she will meet with Algerian and EU stakeholders including diplomatic, business community, young people and civil society, and with Algerian Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Arkab. The latter meeting will focus on the longstanding EU-Algeria energy partnership and advancing the green transition together.
Tomorrow, she will meet with Algerian Minister of Interior, Local Communities and Transport, Saïd Sayoud; Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Attaf; and Algerian Minister of Higher Education, Kamel Baddari. She will also give a press statement, which will be available on EBS.
This visit will be an important opportunity to engage with the Algerian authorities as well as with the local and European business community, young people, civil society and other stakeholders.
More information on EU-Algeria cooperation is available on this factsheet.
Details
- Publication date
- 4 May 2026
- Author
- Directorate-General for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf