Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed, during a phone call, with his Iranian counterpart, Hussein Amir Abdollahian, “bilateral relations and areas of cooperation and ways to develop them to achieve the common interests of the two countries,” according to the Emirates News Agency. Wam.”
And the Emirates News Agency said, on Saturday: “Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the blessed month of Ramadan, during a telephone conversation with Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran.”
The Iranian news agency “IRNA” stated that Abdollahian described the relations between Tehran and Abu Dhabi as “ongoing towards progress,” and pointed to “the need to form joint committees concerned with following up agreements and exchanging delegations, and their role in strengthening and expanding relations between Iran and the UAE.”