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Algeria to ink $4 bln Italy gas supply deal

By Reuters
20 July 2022   |   5:08 am
Algeria will supply "very big volumes of gas" to Italy through a $4 billion deal, President Abdulmadjid Tebboune said on Monday, hailing a "strategic partnership" with Rome during a visit by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

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