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The History of the Japan-Algeria  Relations

1958: Representative Office of Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) was opened in Tokyo

1962: Bilateral relationship established upon Japan's recognition of Algeria's independence

1964: Japanese Embassy was opened in Algiers

1964: Algerian Embassy was opened in Tokyo

2000 February: Masahiko KOUMURA, Former Foreign Minister of Japan visited Algeria

2000 May: Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria visited Japan

2000 July: Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA, President of Algeria visited Japan

2000 September: Kiyohiro ARAKI, Senior State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2001 January: Nobutaka MACHIMURA, Education and Science Minister of Japan visited Algeria

2001 July: Slimane CHIKH, Member of the National Council (Former Minister of Education) of Algeria visited Japan

2001 November: Abdelkader MESSAHEL, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria visited Japan

2001 November: Emergency Assistance to Algeria for Torrential Rain Disaster  

2002 January: Ali TOUNSI, Director General of DGSN of Algeria visited Japan

2002 May: Kenshiro MATSUNAMI, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2002 September: Chakib KHELIL, Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria visited Japan

2003 May: Dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief medical team for Earthquake Disaster in Algeria 

2003 May: Emergency Aid for Earthquake Disaster in Algeria 

2003 September: Abdelkader MESSAHEL, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeeria visited Japan

2004 March: Cherif RAHMANI, Minister of Land Planning and Environment of Algeria visited Japan

2004 May: Yoshiro MORI, Former Prime Minister of Japan visited Algeria

2004 September: Mohamed MEZIANE, Chief Executive Officer of SONATRACH of Algeria visited Japan

2004 December: Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA, President of Algeria visited Japan

2004: Technological Assistance Agreement between Algeria and Japan

2005 April: Katsuyuki KAWAI, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2005 September: Abdelkader Semmari, President of Algeria-Japan Parliamentary Friendship League visited Japan

2005 December: Boudjemaa HAICHOUR, Minister of Postal and Information Technology of Algeria visited Japan

2006 July: Yoshitaka SAKURADA, Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office of Japan visited Algeria

2007 June: Mohamed MEZIANE, Chief Executive Officer of SONATRACH of Algeria visited Japan

2007 September: Mohamed BEJAWI, Former Foreign Minister of Algeria visited Japan

2007 November: Itsuyuki ONODERA, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2007 November: Mohamed BEJAWI, Former Foreign Minister of Algeria visited Japan

2007 December: Amar GHOUL, Public Works Minister of Algeria visited Japan

2008 July: Japan-Algeria Summit Meeting

2008 July: Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA, President of Algeria visited Japan

2009 June: Seiko HASHIMOTO, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2010 July: Tadahiro MATSUSHITA, Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan visited Algeria

2010 December: Seiji MAEHARA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2011 April: Ambassador of Algeria to Japan pays a courtesy call to TAKAHASHI, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan 

2012 January: Ryuji YAMANE, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2012 October: Karim DJOUDI, Minister of Finance of Algeria visited Japan

2012 October: Meeting between Karim DJOUDI, Minister of Finance of Algeria and HAMADA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

2013 January: Minoru KIUCHI, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2013 January: Shunichi SUZUKI, State-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Prime Minister’s Special Envoy) of Japan visited Algeria

2013 January: Japan-Algeria Foreign Ministers' Telephone Talks 

2013 January: Meeting between Minoru KIUCHI, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. Dahou Ould Kablia, Minister of Interior and Local Governments of Algeria 

2013 January: Meeting between Mr. Shunichi Suzuki, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister (Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs) and Mr. Mourad Medelci, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria 

2013 January: Dispatch to Algeria of Shunichi SUZUKI, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (as Special Envoy of the Prime Minister)  of Japan

2013 January: Meeting between Shunichi SUZUKI, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (as Special Envoy of the Prime Minister) of Japan and Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria 

2013 January: Meeting between Minoru KIUCHI, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria 

2013 January: Démarche by Shunichi SUZUKI, Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, to H.E. Mr. Sid Ali Ketrandji, Ambassador of Algeria to Japan 

2013 January: Meeting between Minoru KIUCHI, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Mourad MEDELCI, Minister of Foreign Affairs Medersi of Algeria 

2013 March: Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria visited Japan

2013 March: Meeting between Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria and KISHIDA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

2013 March: Courtesy Call on SUDA, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan by Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Energy and Mining of Algeria

2013 May: Abdelkader BENSALAH, President of the Council of the Nation of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria visited Japan

2013 May: Meeting between ABE, Prime Minister of Japan and BENSALAH, President of the Council of the Nation of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 

2013 June: Japan-Algeria Security and Counter-Terrorism Dialogue

2013 December: Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria visited Japan

2014 March: Nobuo KISHI, State-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2015 April: Courtesy Call on KISHIDA, Foreign Minister of Japan FEROUKHI, Chairman of the Review Council for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

2015 May: Kentaro SONOURA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2015 June: Third Japan-Algeria Policy Dialogue

2015 November: YAMADA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Attends Reception Commemorating the 61st Anniversary of the Algerian Revolution  

2016 May: Youcef YOUSFI, Minister, Advisor to the President of Algeria visited Japan

2016 September: Japan-AU Parliamentary Friendship League (Kazunori TANAKA, Vice-President, member of the House of Representatives of Japan, Kenya AKIBA, Vice-Chief Secretary, member of the House of Representatives of Japan, Mitsunari OKAMOTO, member of the House of Representatives of Japan visited Algeria

2016 September: Yosuke TAKAGI, Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan visited Algeria

2016 December: Motome TAKISAWA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2016 December: KISHI, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan attended a reception commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the Algerian Revolution

2017 September: Japan-Algeria Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2017 October: Second Round of Japan-Algeria Investment Agreement Negotiations  

2017 November: OKAMOTO, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Attends Reception Commemorating the 63rd Anniversary of the Algerian Revolution  

2017 December: Masahisa SATO, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2018 February: Third Round of Japan-Algeria Investment Agreement Negotiations  

2018 August: Yoji MUTO, Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan visited Algeria

2018 October: Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Industry and Mines of Algeria visited Japan

2018 October: Meeting between YAMADA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Noureddine AYADI, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Algeria 

2018 October: Tahar HADJAR, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Algeria visited Japan

2018 November: Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Industry and Mines of Algeria visited Japan

2018 November: Meeting between YAMADA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Youcef YOUSFI, Minister of Industry and Mines of Algeria

2018 November: YAMADA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan attended the 64th Algeria National Day Reception 

2018 December: Taro KONO, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2018 December: Japan-Algeria Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 

2018 December: Taro KONO, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan pays a Courtesy Call on Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Algeria, Mr. Ouyahia 

2019 August: Noureddine BEDOUI, Prime Minister of Algeria visited Japan

2019 August: Sabri BOUKADOUM, Minister of Foreign Affairs visited Japan

2019 August: Japan-Algeria Summit Meeting 

2019 December: Kenji WAKAMIYA, Minister of Foreign Affairs attended the 65th Algeria National Day Reception

2020 July: Agreement in principle on the tax treaty between Japan and Algeria

2020 November: TAKAGI, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs attends the 68th Algeria National Day Reception

2022 July: Agreement in Principle on Tax Convention between Japan and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria    

2022 December: Kenji YAMADA, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan visited Algeria

2023 February: Signing of the Tax Convention between Japan and Algeria 

Source

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

https://www.mofa.go.jp

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