AGP Executive Report
Last update: 41 minutes agoStrategic Ties: Algeria and South Africa discussed closer cooperation in hydrocarbons, trade and joint investment, while industry officials met Stellantis Algeria to explore expanding local production and subcontracting. Energy: Algeria’s crude output topped one million barrels a day for a second straight month in September, its first such run in more than three years. Biodiversity: President Abdelmadjid Tebboune told the COP17 leaders’ summit that Algeria has expanded protected areas to 24 and set 24 national targets for biodiversity conservation. National Remembrance: Tebboune marked National Emigration Day, honouring the diaspora and the victims of the October 17, 1961 Paris massacre; French mayors renewed calls for the killings to be recognised as a state crime. Western Sahara: A CISSA security delegation visited Sahrawi refugee camps to learn about humanitarian work, mine clearance and efforts to counter drug trafficking. Separately, the UN Fourth Committee adopted its annual Sahara resolution by 152 votes to two, with seven abstentions. Palestine: Algeria joined 18 Arab and Islamic countries condemning Colombia’s opening of an embassy in Jerusalem and urging it to reverse the move.
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