UAE’s foreign minister, Australian counterpart reaffirm friendship

UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong. (Screengrab/WAM)
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Updated 03 June 2025
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UAE’s foreign minister, Australian counterpart reaffirm friendship

  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Penny Wong review issues 50 years on from establishing diplomatic relations

LONDON: Foreign ministers of the UAE and Australia have reaffirmed the friendship of their countries, some 50 years on from establishing diplomatic relations.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Penny Wong stressed in a phone call their mutual commitment to strengthening areas of cooperation in support of both countries’ development goals, the Emirates News Agency reported.

The parties also reviewed regional and international issues of mutual interest and expressed their commitment to continue cooperating to achieve growth.

Abu Dhabi and Canberra are celebrating 50 years since establishing diplomatic relations in March 1975.


UAE, US discuss regional developments in Yemen and Gaza, WAM news agency reports

Updated 31 December 2025
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UAE, US discuss regional developments in Yemen and Gaza, WAM news agency reports

  • This month, drones hit a kindergarten and a hospital in Kalogi in South Kordofan, killing 114 people, including 63 children, according to the World Health Organization

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates’ ​Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed received a phone call ‌from US ‌Secretary ‌of ⁠State ​Marco ‌Rubio, where they discussed regional developments, topped by situations in Yemen ⁠and Gaza, state ‌news ‍agency ‍WAM reported ‍on Tuesday.
The call came after the latest ​developments in Yemen as Saudi-led coalition ⁠forces attacked the southern Yemeni port of Mukalla.