ALGIERS, Nov.11 (Xinhua) -- The Franco-Algerian Strategic Dialogue on bilateral and regional security will kick off here on Sunday, a statement of the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
The dialogue will be co-chaired by the two countries' foreign ministers, Abdelkader Messahel and Jean-Yves Le Drian.
This "informal" dialogue is to allow both sides to present and exchange information on security challenges and threats, particularly combating terrorism and organized crimes, the statement said.
The two parties will also address multiple security threats facing the two countries, in addition to discussing the crises hitting neighboring Mali and Libya.
This meeting will be followed by the fourth session of the Franco-Algerian Economic Bilateral Committee (COMEFA), which is due to be chaired by the two nations' ministers of industry.
The economic meeting will be an opportunity to assess bilateral cooperation and examine ways of developing new partnership projects, as several partnership agreements will be signed at the end of the meeting.
The two sides will also discuss the development of exports of Algerian products to France, especially agricultural, specified the statement.
The project of setting up an assembling unit for the French automaker Peugeot will be on the agenda of Sunday's meeting.
This 120-million-euro project will be established in the western province of Oran. The unit will assemble 25,000 vehicles a year, and gradually set to reach 75,000 vehicles.
It will be the fifth assembly unit in Algeria after the establishment of Renault (2014), Hyundai (2016), Volkswagen (2017) and Kia (2017).
