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{{Infobox bilateral relations|Algerian–Indian|Algeria|India|mission1=[[Embassy of India, Algiers]]|mission2=Embassy of Algeria, [[New Delhi]]|envoytitle1=Algerian Ambassador to India|envoy1=[[Hamza Yahia Cherif]]|envoytitle2=Indian Ambassador to Algeria|envoy2=[[Gaurav Ahluwalia]]}}
[[File:The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari calling on the President of Algeria, Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Algiers, Algeria on October 19, 2016.jpg|thumb|Indian Vice President [[Hamid Ansari]] meeting Algerian President [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] in Algiers; October 2016.]]
'''Algeria–India relations''' refers to the international relations that exist between [[Algeria]] and [[India]].

Algeria has an embassy in [[New Delhi]]. India has an [[Embassy of India, Algiers|embassy]] in [[Algiers]].

== History ==
India supported the independence of Algeria from [[French Algeria|French colonial rule]], and supported the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|National Liberation Front]] (FLN) during the [[Algerian War]] (1954-62). The FLN had an office in India during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Diplomatic relations between Algeria and India were established in July 1962, the same month that the former gained independence from [[France]].

India and Algeria joined the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] (NAM) in 1961, and have been members ever since. There have been several high level visits by the leaders of the two countries. Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] visited Algeria in September 1973 to attend the 4th NAM Summit. Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] visited Algeria in June 1985. Algerian President [[Chadli Bendjedid]] visited India in April 1982, 1983, and again in 1987. President [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] was the [[List of chief guests at Delhi Republic Day parade|chief guest]] at the [[Delhi Republic Day parade|Republic Day parade]] in January 2001.<ref name="MEA2019">{{cite web|title=India-Algeria Bilateral Relations|url=https://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India_Algeria_2019.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|publisher=Embassy of India, Algiers|access-date=1 October 2021|date=September 2019}}</ref>

As a member of the [[African Union]], Algeria supports India's candidacy for a permanent seat in a [[Reform of the United Nations Security Council|reformed]] [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=African Union backs India’s UNSC bid |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/african-union-backs-indias-unsc-bid/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=1 October 2021 |language=en |date=7 July 2007}}</ref>

== Economic relations ==
Bilateral trade between Algeria and India fluctuated between 2013 and 2018. Bilateral trade totaled US$2.12 billion in 2013, dipped to $1.37 billion in 2015, before recovering to $2.92 billion in 2018. The main commodities exported by India to Algeria are [[knock-down kit]]s for assembly industries, chickpeas, semi-whitened rice and parboiled rice, serums, boned frozen bovine meat, polyethylene terephtalate, pneumatics for tractors, antibiotics and granite blocks. The major commodities imported by India from Algeria are oil, gas, lubricants and phosphate.<ref name="MEA2019"/>

Several Indian companies have operations in Algeria. [[Larsen & Toubro]], KEC International, Kalpataru and Vijay Electricals are active in the power transmission sector, and Dodsal Engineering and Construction FZE in the oil and gas sector. Construction company Shapoorji Pallonji and pharmaceutical companies such as Zydus Cadila, Dabur, Sun Pharma, Cipla, and Hetro Drugs have a presence in Algeria. Pharmaccess executes engineering, production and construction (EPC) projects for Algerian companies. Engineers India Ltd. and IRCON International have executed projects in Algeria.<ref name="MEA2019"/>

[[Maruti Suzuki]] has a significant market in [[Algeria]], with it being its third largest export market and exporting nearly 17,247 cars in the year 2011-12.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/In-Algeria-Maruti-Suzuki-is-racing-ahead-in-top-gear/articleshow/13338799.cms In Algeria, Maruti Suzuki is racing ahead in top gear - The Times of India]</ref>

== Bilateral cooperation and assistance ==
India provided Algeria with US$1 million as humanitarian aid for the victims of the earthquake which struck Algeria in May 2003. Medicines worth half a million US dollars were handed over in April 2004 and the balance in the form of construction steel for the houses for the victims was handed over in October 2006. The [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] launched the Algerian satellite Alsat 2A into orbit in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iacci.org/country-algeria.html |title=Algeria Chamber of Commerce, Algeria Chamber of Industry, Algeria Chamber of Industries |publisher=Iacci.org |access-date=2012-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305165435/http://www.iacci.org/country-algeria.html |archive-date=2017-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Indians in Algeria==
There were around 5,700 Indians living in Algeria as of September 2019. Most of the community are technically skilled workers on projects in remote areas. Only a small number of Indians live in the capital city of Algiers, primarily the regional heads of companies. There are also 20 [[Overseas Citizenship of India|overseas citizens of India]] in the country.<ref name="MEA2019"/>

== See also ==
* [[Foreign relations of Algeria]]
* [[Foreign relations of India]]
* [[Embassy of India, Algiers]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.indianembassyalgiers.gov.in/index.php Embassy of India, Algiers]

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