TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – The Algerian minister of water resources and environment will visit Iran on February 14-16 at the invitation of Iran’s energy minister.

Abdelouahab Nouri, the Algerian Minister of Water Resources and Environment, accompanied by a technical delegation, is to visit Iran from February 14th to 16th 2016 at the invitation of the Minister of Energy of Iran Hamid Chitchian.

Prospects of bilateral cooperation in the areas of water resource management and waste water treatment will be discussed during the visit.

The trip follows the second meeting of the High Algeria-Iran Joint Commission, co-headed by Abdelmalek Sellal, the Algerian Prime Minister and Eshagh Jahangiri, the Iranian First Vice-President, which took place in Algiers in December 2015 during which an ambitious road map was adopted to promote the exchange and cooperation between Algeria and Iran.

Other exchanges and visits are also expected shortly where the Algerian Minister of Industry and Mines Abdesselam Bouchouareb is to visit Iran in May 2016 at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh, during which the two parties will discuss the reinforcement of exchange and cooperation in industrial and mining arenas.

An Algerian-Iranian business forum will also be organized in Tehran, on the occasion of the visit.

By Mehr News Agency