Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal vowed Saturday to take his nationals in Egypt back home in case of danger.

Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said on Saturday that his country hopes that stability return to Egypt amid clashes over ouster of President Morsi.

The United States and Algeria share the same objectives in terms of bilateral cooperation and the fight against terrorism, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, was quoted by Algeria's state- run APS news agency as saying on Sunday.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika held a two-hour meeting at a hospital in Paris, France, with Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal and Army Chief of Staff Gaid Salah, local media reported.

Algeria plans to build its first nuclear plant in 2025 to cope with the country's soaring electricity consumption, the official APS news agency reported Sunday, citing Minister of Energy and Mines, Yousef Yousfi.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Saturday that his visit to Algeria aims at deepening the bilateral relations both on the political and economic levels between Algiers and Berlin.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's health condition is improving and he is closely following up the situation in the country, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said Saturday, state-run TV reported.

Algeria on Friday denied reports that it is mediating between the Syrian administration and the opposition.

Algeria has reiterated determination to boost up security of oil and gas facilities, Minister of Energy Youcef Yousfi said here on Tuesday, on the back of the terror attack that targeted Sunday a municipal guard barrack in charge of securing a gas pipeline in the province of Bouira, 120 km south east Algiers.

Algerian troops on Thursday (January 17th) launched strikes on a gas complex where Islamists are holding dozens of foreigners, AFP reported.

Members of the Security Council have strongly condemned this week's terrorist attack at the gas facility in Amenas, Algeria, that resulted in numerous deaths and injuries.

Algerian ruling party National Liberation Front (FLN) won the local elections, Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said Friday upon the end of the elections.

Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said Sunday that a peaceful settlement to the crisis in northern Mali is still possible.

The Algerian troops killed three militants Friday in the province of Bejaia, about 250 km east of Algiers, local media reported.

Algeria on Tuesday launched its first photovoltaic plant in the locality of Bousmail in the west of capital Algiers, local APS reported.

A visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said Sunday the organization expects a growth rate of 3.4 percent in Algeria in 2013.

Algeria on Tuesday signed three cooperation agreements, worth 58 million euros (74 million U.S. dollars), with the EU regarding transportation, culture and employment, official APS news agency reported

Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Monday with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika over regional issues, especially the situation in Mali, the official APS news agency reported.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton began Monday morning a working visit to Algeria, the official APS news agency reported.

The Algerian Finance Minister Karim Djoudi on Sunday presented the draft budget law 2013 at the National Assembly, the official APS news agency reported.