People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Brazil and Algeria established diplomatic relations in 1962, when the Brazilian Embassy was established in Algiers. In 1964, Algeria opened its Embassy in Brasília. Bilateral relations gained significant momentum during the 1980s, when the Brazilian-Algerian Joint Commission for Economic, Commercial, Scientific, Technological, Technical and Cultural Cooperation was created. In 1983, President João Figueiredo visited Algeria and, in 1985, President Chadli Bendjedid visited Brazil.
With the end of the Algerian crisis of the 1990s, a new cycle of rapprochement between Brazil and Algeria began, with the intensification of the exchange of high-level bilateral visits and trade flows and the expansion of the legal framework, with the signing of agreements in the areas of trade, defense, maritime transport, culture and agricultural cooperation.
In 2004, the Bilateral Business Council was created. In 2005, then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika visited Brazil; and in 2006, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited Algeria.
Minister Celso Amorim visited Algeria in 2005. The following year, Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Bedjaoui visited Brazil. In 2015, Minister Mauro Vieira visited Algiers, when the 1st Meeting of the Strategic Dialogue Mechanism was held. The most recent ministerial visit took place in 2018, when Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira visited Algeria. The President of the National People's Assembly of Algeria, Brahim Boughali, attended the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in January 2023.
Brazil and Algeria have the following diplomatic mechanisms: the Bilateral Joint Cooperation Commission, created in 1987; the Political Consultation Mechanism, established in 2005; and the Strategic Dialogue Mechanism, created in 2010.
Algeria is one of the main partners of Brazilian technical cooperation in Africa. In recent years, projects have been implemented in areas such as handicrafts (gem cutting and increased jewelry production), health (pediatric heart surgery), agriculture (leather improvement) and environment. Three projects are currently being carried out: (a) Creative transformation of rocks and minerals from the Sahara into handicrafts, gems and jewelry; (b) Developing strategies to increase production of Tertit N Ahhagar jewelry cooperative in Tamanrasset, Algeria; and (c) Leather Improvement in Algeria.
Algeria is one of Brazil's largest trading partners in Africa and in the Arab world. In 2024, trade between Brazil and Algeria totaled more than $3.9 billion, with a Brazilian surplus of $1.2 billion ($2.56 billion in exports; $1.39 billion in imports). Brazil's sales of sugar and molasses (41%), corn (17%) and soybeans (13%) stand out. Brazilian imports from Algeria consist mainly of crude oil (52%) and fuel oils (35%).
Chronology of bilateral relations
2024 – Bilateral meetings between Minister Mauro Vieira and his Algerian counterpart, Ahmed Attaf, in New York, on the sidelines of the Security Council meeting (April) and the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations (September)
2023 - Bilateral meeting between Minister Mauro Vieira and his Algerian counterpart, Mohamed Attaf, on the sidelines of the Security Council special session (October)
2023 - The President of the National People's Assembly of Algeria, Ibrahim Boughali, visits Brazil for the inauguration ceremony of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (January)
2022 - Creation of the Brazil-Algeria Parliamentary Friendship Group by the National People's Assembly of Algeria (APN)
2021 - 5th Meeting of Political Consultations (virtual)
2018 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aloysio Nunes Ferreira, visits Algeria; signing of the Defense Cooperation Agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation between Diplomatic Academies
2017 – IV Political Consultation Meeting held in Algiers
2012 – The president of the Council of the Nation (Upper Chamber) of Algeria, Abdelkader Bensalah, visits Brazil
2011 – The Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria, Youcef Yousfi, visits Rio de Janeiro to participate in the "World Energy Leaders Summit" Forum
2010 – The Minister of Development for Industry and Trade, Miguel Jorge, visits Algeria
2010 – The 4th Meeting of the Joint Bilateral Commission and the 3rd Meeting of Political Consultations are held in Brazil
2009 – The Minister of Culture of Algeria, Khálida Toumi, visits Brazil; signing of a Cultural Cooperation Agreement
2009 – The Minister of Development for Industry and Trade, Miguel Jorge, visits Algeria
2008 – The 3rd Meeting of the Joint Bilateral Commission and the 2nd Meeting of Political Consultations are held in Algeria
2008 – The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Algeria, General Gaid Salah, visits Brazil
2006 – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Mohamed Bedjaoui, visits Brazil
2006 – The 2nd Meeting of the Joint Bilateral Commission and the 1st Meeting of Political Consultations are held in Brazil
2006 – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visits Algeria; signing of agricultural cooperation, trade and maritime transport agreements
2005 – The Minister of Development for Industry and Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan, and the Minister of Mines and Energy, Silas Rondeau, visit Algeria
2005 – President Abdelaziz Bouteflika visits Brazil
2005 – The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim, visits Algeria; signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the Establishment of a Mechanism for Bilateral Political Consultations and agreements on health and migration issues
2004 – Creation of the bilateral Business Council
2003 – The Minister of Mines and Energy, Dilma Rousseff, visits Algeria
1987 – First Meeting of the Bilateral Joint Commission
1987 – The Minister of Industry and Trade, José Hugo Castelo Branco, visits Algeria; signing of the Economic Cooperation Agreement
1985 – President Chadli Bendjedid visits Brazil
1983 – President João Figueiredo visits Algeria
1981 – The Minister of Finance of Algeria, M´hamed Yalá, visits Brazil; signing of agreements on technical cooperation, trade, and on creation of the Brazilian-Algerian Mixed Commission for Economic, Commercial, Scientific, Technological, Technical and Cultural Cooperation
1964 – Opening of the Algerian Embassy in Brasilia
1962 – Opening of the Embassy of Brazil in Algiers
1962 – Establishment of diplomatic relations