By Omar Alothmani and Hamdi Yildiz
ISTANBUL (AA) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune discussed the bilateral relations and issues of common importance Saturday with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, according to the Qatari news agency.
The meeting was at the presidential residence in Oran, it said.
Prior to the visit, Al-Thani met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, his first visit to Egypt since 2015.
Al-Thani arrived in Algeria to attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Mediterranean Games of Oran as guest of honor.
The Mediterranean Games, a multisport event organized by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM), is held every four years among countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe.