Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmad Attaf and his Egyptian counterpart Bader Abdelati on Saturday tackled ways of promoting fraternal ties and cooperation between both countries and coordination over Arab and African affairs. This came during a phone conversation between both foreign ministers, which focused on how to push forward bilateral cooperative relations in various domains upon the direction of both Arab nations' leaders, said the Algerian Foreign Ministry in a press release. They underlined that it is essential to bolster cooperation and partnership in the economic field, based on the two countries' stupendous potential, it added. They also agreed to step up collaboration about Arab and African issues, mainly including the Palestinian cause, Libya and Sahel, it added. Source: Kuwait News Agency