Abdullah and Raab discuss strategic ties
LONDON: Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
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 organisations.
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 atended by James Cleverly, Minister for Middle East & North Africa in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Mansour Abdullah Belhoul, UAE Ambassador to the UK, and Omar Saif Ghobash, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Cultural Affairs.
Last month, Sheikh Abdullah and Dominic Raab discussed the cooperation and strategic ties between the two countries in various fields, including the health sector.
This came in a phone call, wherein the two top diplomats reviewed regional and international developments of concern, most notably the situation in Iran, Yemen and Libya.
The two sides touched on their efforts to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, stressing the importance further enhancing cooperation in addressing the pandemic’s fallout and supporting the global action to develop a vaccine.
Sheikh Abdullah and Raab had also emphasised the historical relations between the two friendly countries and their keenness to reinforce their cooperation for the best interest of their peoples and their aspirations for development and prosperity.
Raab had hailed anew the peace accord between the UAE and Israel, describing it as an important step in the peace process in the region.
Sheikh Abdullah thanked Raab and noted the UK’S key role in promoting peace and supporting security and stability in the region.