Abu Dhabi: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty discussed over phone with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan distinguished relations between the two sisterly countries and the directives of the leaderships of the two countries to make further progress in boosting investment and mutual trade cooperation. According to State Information Service Egypt, the two ministers underscored the importance of intensifying joint coordination between Cairo and Abu Dhabi, in addition to ways of expanding vistas of economic cooperation. During the contact, both ministers exchanged joint viewpoints regarding the latest developments of a number of regional issues of concern in the Arab region and the African continent.