Geneva, June 2 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Switzerland held bilateral talks Saturday about strengthening their cooperation in foreign aid.

The dicussions were held between the UAE's ambassador to Switzerland Mohammed Ateeq Al-Rumaithi and Director of the Middle East and North Africa at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Wolfgang Amadeus Bruelhart.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of a banquet hosted by the Swiss official in honour of a visiting delegation from the UAE's Office for the Coordination of Foreign Aid (OCFA).

--IANS/WAM

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