Some 8 cooperation agreements between Algeria, Qatar

Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika on Monday received Qatar's minister of finance Youssef Hussein Kamal and members of the accompanying delegation.

The Algerian prime minister Ali Benflis also on Monday received the Qatari minister and the two sides discussed bilateral relations and means of developing them at the economic level.

On the other hand, Qatar and Algeria on Monday signed 8 cooperation agreements between the two states in the fields of investment, trade, commerce, the media, culture and sport. The signing ceremony was made in conclusion of the meetings of the Qatari- Algerian joint committee.