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By Trend
Gas supplies from Algeria to Italy will increase in the coming
years, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Monday,
following his meeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune
in Algiers, Trend reports citing Xinhua .
The gas deal was one in a series of agreements the two
politicians agreed to sign during Draghi's official visit, with new
areas of cooperation encompassing infrastructure development,
closer cooperation on criminal justice, the promotion of
investment, the pharmaceutical industry, scientific research, and
the protection of cultural heritage.
Algeria's APS news agency already reported on Friday that the
country was willing to boost gas supplies to Italy by 4 billion
cubic meters this year.
Algeria is becoming an increasingly important supplier of gas to
Italy as Rome seeks to gradually replace Russian gas supplies with
more stable sources. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has sent fuel
prices skyrocketing and threatened to cut Russian gas supplies to
Europe.
Before the start of the conflict, Russia had been the largest
supplier of gas to Italy.
Drahi earlier visited Algeria in April, shortly after the start
of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, while Tebboune visited Rome in
May.
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