{"id":78587,"date":"2026-09-18T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=78587"},"modified":"2026-09-18T09:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:02:28","slug":"dzw-1337be1f5c7e866dc01eb27096608769bb8df521","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=78587","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Expands Economic Cooperation with Belarus, Secures New Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">Algeria<\/a> and Belarus have <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Search?search=solidified%20their%20economic%20partnership\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">solidified their economic partnership<\/a> by signing commercial agreements valued at $18 million. These contracts focus on the immediate supply of various goods, including agricultural machinery like energy-intensive and tracked tractors, passenger vehicles, and food products such as Bellakt baby food. This development marks a tangible step in the ongoing efforts to enhance trade relations between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond current deliveries, the two countries are establishing a strategic roadmap to evolve their cooperation into joint production ventures. This forward-looking approach targets key sectors including industry, agri-food, fertilizers, and pharmaceuticals. Specific projects under discussion involve the establishment of joint manufacturing facilities for MTZ tractors and MAZ passenger vehicles in Algeria, as well as the construction of grain drying complexes. In the agri-food sector, plans are underway to transition from direct supplies of baby food to local packaging and full-scale joint production.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion of this economic collaboration aims to achieve a significant increase in mutual trade, with a bilateral trade target set at $<a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=78397\">500 million<\/a>. Currently, bilateral trade has already doubled, indicating a positive trajectory for the partnership. Furthermore, discussions are progressing for mutual certification of medicines, which would facilitate the broader sale of pharmaceutical products in both Algerian and Belarusian markets, underscoring the comprehensive nature of this growing economic alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria and Belarus have cemented new commercial agreements worth $18 million for agricultural machinery, vehicles, and food products. The partnership is also transitioning towards joint industrial and agri-food production, with aims to reach $500 million in bilateral trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78587","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\/78587","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=78587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78588,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78587\/revisions\/78588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}