The Tunisian President, Kais Saied, is paying a visit to Algeria on March 1-2 to attend the 7th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.

The forum is expected to focus on cooperation among producing countries in a bid to secure the stability of international markets and handle gas demand challenges in the coming period, the Algerian news agency said.

The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is an intergovernmental organization created in 2001 in Iran that provides a framework for exchanging experience and information among its member countries.

It brings together the main natural gas producers in the world in a bid to defend their national interests.