French PM visits Algeria

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Sunday began a three-day visit to Algeria to boost bilateral economic cooperation between the two Mediterranean countries.

Ayrault, who led a top official delegation including nine ministers, MPs and entrepreneurs, was welcomed at Houari Boumediene International Airport of Algiers by his Algerian counterpart Abdelmalek Sellal.

The two prime ministers will co-chair the first meeting of the Algerian-French High-Level Intergovernmental Committee, which was recommended during the visit of French President to Algeria in December 2012, in a bid to set up new instance of regular dialogue.

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