China, Algeria to step up cooperation on security, defense
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Algeria and China have upgraded their ties from being longtime trade partners. The two nations will start cooperating on security and defense to fight extremist terrorist groups.
The North African nation has strategic importance to China given its location on the Mediterranean Sea. Relations between Beijing and the governing National Liberation Front go back to the late 1950s, when Algeria sought independence from France.
In 2014, the two upgraded their ties to a so-called comprehensive strategic partnership, with gas-rich Algeria the first Arab nation to form such a partnership with China.
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