The Yemeni Undersecretary of Foreign Ministry for Arab, African and Asian Affairs Ali al-Ayashi met on Sunday with the Algerian ambassador to Yemen Sa'ad bin al-Abid, Saba reported. During the meeting, al-Ayashi and al-Abid talked on issues of bilateral cooperation between the two countries and ways of boosting them. They also discussed the outcomes of the recent meeting of the Joint Yemeni-Algerian Commission held in July 2008. The Algerian ambassador praised Yemen's efforts to reactivate the joint Arab action through many initiatives.