Mohamed bin Zayed meets US President in Riyadh

21/04/2016

RIYADH: His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received yesterday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, US President Barack Obama, to discuss ways of strengthening strategic relations of friendship and co-operation and the two countries' vision for elevating the existing joint partnership so as to serve the mutual interests of the two countries and their peoples.

The US President is visiting Saudi Arabia for the GCC-US Summit which starts on Thursday.

The two sides affirmed their commitment to continue their work for further developing their close and outstanding ties guided by the mutual desire of the Emirati-US leaderships to take these relations to new heights so as to realise mutual gains.

The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and President Obama discussed a wide range of regional and international issues including the Syrian crisis and the progress in the ongoing peace talks in Geneva as well as efforts being made by the international community to counter violent, extremism and terrorist organisations and the progress of Yemeni peace talks.

H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed underscored that terrorism, violence and extremism pose a real international challenge that any region could face, and it requires us to collaborate and work diligently with our partners and other regional and international powers to counter and eradicate this menace from its roots.

H.H. stressed that a clear vision and stances were needed to address and confront the ongoing challenges and changes, particularly those concerning foreign interferences that undermine the security and stability of the countries in the region and safety of their people.

The two sides reiterated their commitment to exert more efforts to contain the crises engulfing the region and support the pillars of regional security and stability.

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority (EAA), and Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the US, attended the meeting.