ALGIERS- Algeria would like to see the oil price rise to up to $80 per barrel, its energy minister Arkab Mohamed said on the sidelines of a parliament session on Thursday in Algiers.

Oil prices stand currently at over $60 a barrel. 

(Reporting by Lamine Chikhi; writing by Maher Chmaytelli; editing by Susan Fenton) ((maher.chmaytelli@thomsonreuters.com;))