The meeting, held on the sidelines of Mr. Pimentel Moura's participation in the work of the 5th session of the Algerian-Venezuelan Joint Governmental Commission for Economic, Commercial, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation, organized on Wednesday and Thursday in Algiers, was an opportunity to "review the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries, and to exchange views on ways to strengthen bilateral coordination on regional and international issues, particularly those related to the African continent," according to the statement.