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Despite Disagreements – Algeria, Morocco Expanding Relationship

Global Arab Network - - Reda Darwish

Monday, 28 February 2011 16:57

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ALGIERS- Moroccan Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment Amina Benkhadra is to start Tuesday a two-day working visit to Algeria, said Algerian ministry of Energy and Mines.

The Moroccan minister will meet Youcef Youfi, the minister of Energy and Mines, and pay a visit to Hassi R'mel and Ghardaia, according to a ministry's statement. Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said Wednesday that Algeria and Morocco were making efforts to establish a new and positive climate so as to revitalize relations between the two countries.

He announced exchange of visits next March by ministers of both countries to discuss ways to give a fresh impetus to bilateral cooperation in sensitive areas, including energy and agriculture, Global Arab Network reports according to APS

Morocco is also Algeria's largest trade partner in Africa. The official volume of trade between the two countries exceeds $570 million, on top of informal trade which some estimate at $2 billion. Half a million Algerians visited Morocco, while Algeria granted 250 commercial registers for Moroccans living on its soil. About 45,000 Moroccans currently live in Algeria.

For several years, Algerian and Moroccan business leaders have called for re-opening the border.

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