{"id":50987,"date":"2026-01-27T19:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50987"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:01:52","slug":"algeria-and-italy-strengthen-defense-cooperation-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50987","title":{"rendered":"Algeria and Italy Strengthen Defense Cooperation Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JANET, ALGERIA<\/strong> \u2013 Lieutenant General Mohamed Salah Benbicha, Secretary-General of the Ministry of National Defense, received Vice Admiral Giacinto Ottaviani, Italian National Armaments Director, today at the Army Site Club in Janet, Fourth Military Region.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, held on Tuesday, marks a significant step in bolstering defense cooperation between Algeria and Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Following the reception, the two officials co-chaired the 16th session of the Algerian-Italian Joint Committee for Cooperation in Technical-Military Fields and Defense Industries. This session provided a platform for in-depth discussions on matters of mutual interest, particularly concerning technical military domains and the development of defense industries, according to a statement released by the Ministry of National Defense.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch<\/em> understands that the discussions focused on identifying areas for enhanced collaboration and exploring opportunities for joint ventures in the defense sector. The strengthening of ties with Italy underscores Algeria&#8217;s commitment to modernizing its defense capabilities and fostering strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting and subsequent committee session highlight the ongoing efforts of both nations to cultivate a robust and mutually beneficial relationship in the realm of defense. Further details regarding specific agreements or initiatives resulting from the discussions are expected to be released in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JANET, ALGERIA \u2013 Lieutenant General Mohamed Salah Benbicha, Secretary-General of the Ministry of National Defense, received Vice Admiral Giacinto Ottaviani, Italian National Armaments Director, today at the Army Site Club in Janet, Fourth Military Region.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, hel&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":17,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50989,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50987\/revisions\/50989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}