Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Monday met with visiting Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani to discuss bilateral ties and cooperation, state-run APS news agency reported.
The Qatari Emir is heading a large delegation for a one-day official visit to Algeria, the report said, without mentioning the contents of the summit, Xinhua reported.
Algerian Parliament's upper house president Abdelkader Bensalah, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci and several other ministers, and Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Bin Jabir al-Thani also attended the meeting.