India-Algeria Joint Commission Expands Defence Cooperation at First Meeting

India and Algeria agree to further expand defence cooperation during the first Joint Commission meeting. The development is for India–Algeria bilateral defence engagement.

Algeria:

Dimension	Key Details
Capital	The capital of Algeria is Algiers.
Location	Algeria is located in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Maghreb Region	The Maghreb region comprises the Atlas Mountains and coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.
Land Boundaries	Algeria shares land boundaries with Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Morocco.
Maritime Boundary	Algeria is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the north.
Landscape	Algeria’s landscape is dominated by high plateaus and the Sahara Desert, with the Atlas Mountains in the north and the Ahaggar Massif in the southeast.
M’zab Valley	M’zab Valley comprises 5 fortified oasis towns and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Climate	Algeria has Mediterranean climate in the north and desert climate in the south.