Prime Minister Hisham Qandil held Tuesday a meeting with visiting Norway\'s Foreign Minister Espen Eide to discuss means of boosting bilateral ties. The meeting tackled means of promoting cooperation, mainly in economic fields along with increasing volume of trade exchange, spokesman for the cabinet Alaa el-Hadidi said. Hadidi praised Norway\'s ties with Nile Basin countries and efforts exerted by the European country to realize peace in the Middle East.