South Korean President Park Geun-hye will meet the crown prince of Abu Dhabi Thursday for talks on expanding bilateral cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in energy, defense and other areas of mutual interest, her office said. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who arrived in Seoul Wednesday for a three-day visit, is the highest-ranking Middle Eastern official to visit South Korea since the launch of the Park government last February, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said in a press release.