Algeria’s Tebboune heads to Turkey after China visit

Ezgi Akin

Jul 21, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune (C) review a military honour guard hand-in-hand during a arrival ceremony, in Ankara, on May 16, 2022. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune (C) review a military honor guard in Ankara, on May 16, 2022. — ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images

ANKARA — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will travel to Turkey on Friday to meet with his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish government announced.

The Turkish Presidency’s communication directorate said Friday that Erdogan and Tebboune would meet in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss bilateral ties as well as regional and international developments.

Tebboune will be the fourth foreign leader that Erdogan has met with in Turkey after his inauguration in early June. Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenksyy, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani have all visited Turkey.

Tebboune will travel to Turkey as the final stop of his regional tour which included Qatar and China. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu News Agency said the Algerian president will travel to Istanbul from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. During his five-day official visit to the Asian powerhouse, Algiers and Beijing signed 19 cooperation agreements.