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UAE foreign minister meets with his British counterpart

September 21, 2020
Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, met with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. — WAM photo
Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, met with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. — WAM photo

LONDON — Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, the UAE's state news agency reported on Monday.

During the meeting, both sides discussed the strategic ties between the UAE and the United Kingdom and ways of consolidating their cooperation in many sectors, including health, and their coordination in international organizations.

Both ministers also discussed various regional developments and several regional and international topics of mutual concern, stressing the distinguished historic relations between the two countries and their leaderships.

They also talked about the peace accord signed recently between the UAE and Israel in the US and its key role in reinforcing the foundations of security and stability in the region.

Sheikh Abdullah lauded the strategic ties between the UAE and the UK and their keenness to enhance their overall cooperation to serve their mutual interests.

The meeting was also attended by James Cleverly, the UK's minister for the Middle East & North Africa in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Mansour Abdullah Belhoul, the UAE's ambassador to the UK. — SG


September 21, 2020
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