Official welcome ceremony. On the right, the President of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Settling problems concerning Algerian debts to Russia was the main result of President Vladimir Putin's visit.
After the Russian-Algerian talks the following agreements were signed: Convention on Avoiding Double Taxation, an intergovernmental agreement on the encouragement and mutual protection of capital investments, and a cooperation agreement between the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Algerian Chamber of Industry.