The European Commission’s Director-General for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf, Mr. Stefano Sannino, is making an official visit to Algeria from April 21 to 24, 2025, to discuss with senior Algerian officials the prospects for strengthening Algerian-European cooperation. This mission is firmly in line with the consultations conducted on the New Pact for the Mediterranean, which the European Commission will adopt in the coming months, with a view to promoting a more integrated and supportive approach to regional cooperation. The visit will provide a valuable opportunity to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to revitalizing bilateral cooperation with Algeria, within the broader and strategically articulated framework of the New Pact for the Mediterranean.

The EU aspires to a partnership that goes beyond the very strong existing relations, particularly in the energy sector, to build other strategic complementarities for sustainable and inclusive growth, in a changing geopolitical context and facing shared challenges such as reindustrialization, economic competitiveness, and the green transition. It also aims to discuss with the Algerian authorities the most appropriate framework for increasing EU investment in Algeria. Furthermore, the EU and Algeria are called upon to deepen their dialogue on current major security and geopolitical issues. The fight against terrorism, migration management, and energy interconnection are now among the shared priorities on both sides of the Mediterranean.

Mr. Sannino will travel to Timimoun, where he will meet with beneficiaries of the Jil Siyaha program, a tangible result of Algeria-European Union cooperation in the field of tourism. He will also set off to discover the cultural and historical heritage of the Casbah, before concluding his stay with a visit to the National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography of Bardo, as a testament to the cultural and historical richness of this country.