Relationship dossier
Algeria
Belgium
Relationship assessment
Practical bilateral cooperation alongside disagreement over Western Sahara
Algeria toward Belgium
+20Algeria has entered into bilateral arrangements with Belgium, including an agreement on investment protection and a social-security convention. These provide concrete grounds for cooperation, although the extent of their implementation is unclear.
Belgium toward Algeria
+15Belgium has entered into bilateral arrangements with Algeria, including an agreement on investment protection and a social-security convention. Belgium’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara is a point of political disagreement with Algeria.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship combines bilateral economic and social-security arrangements with a political divergence over Western Sahara. These features support a generally cooperative but not close relationship, with the extent of practical cooperation uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Algeria and Belgium have maintained practical bilateral cooperation, including agreements on investment protection and social security. Their relationship also has a political disagreement over Western Sahara, where Belgium has expressed support for Morocco’s autonomy plan as a basis for settlement. The breadth and implementation of bilateral cooperation are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Areas of tension
- Belgium's support for Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara differs from Algeria's position on the territory.
Key developments
Algeria and Belgium concluded a bilateral agreement on investment protection.
Algeria and Belgium established a social-security convention.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral economic and social-security agreements are unclear.
- Details of recent government-level cooperation beyond these agreements are limited.