On Sunday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed began a two-day official visit to Algeria, in a move that was not announced before his arrival.
In a statement by the Algerian government, which it published on its Facebook page, Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Ben Abdel Rahman received his Ethiopian counterpart at Houari Boumediene International Airport, in Algiers.
The statement said, "Prime Minister Ayman bin Abdul Rahman received Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is arriving in Algeria on an official two-day visit," without providing further details.
The visit was not announced before Abi Ahmed arrived in Algeria, but it comes in the midst of a new impetus for bilateral relations between Algeria and Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian President, Sahel Work Zewde, had accepted the invitation of her Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, for the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Algeria's independence on the fifth of last July.
Work Zodi announced, in a joint press conference with Tebboune, at the time, the operation of a direct air route between the capitals of the two countries, Algeria and Addis Ababa.
The two presidents confirmed preparations for the convening of the fifth joint committee between the two countries during the month of September in the Ethiopian capital.
In addition to bilateral action, the two countries emphasize on most occasions the need to coordinate their positions on the African Union and the issue of Africa's permanent representation in the UN Security Council.