Abu Dhabi, October 24, SPA -- Director of the African Affairs Department at the UAE Foreign Ministry Ambassador Eisa Abdullah Al Basha Al Nuaimi, received Ambassador Mahdi Ahmed Ali Jadid, Director General of the Middle East Department at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting dealt with the bilateral relations and ways of boosting cooperation between the two countries, according to a report of the UAE news agency "WAM". Al Mahdi appreciated the decision of the UAE to open its embassy in Ethiopia, describing it as a further genuine boost for future relations between the two countries. --SPA --SPA 12:46 LOCAL TIME 09:46 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/712015