Ways of advancing bilateral relations in various political, economic and cultural fields, have been discussed by H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with a number of world foreign ministers on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly.

This came during H.H. Sheikh Abdullah's meetings with Boris Johnson, British Foreign Minister, Darren A. Henfield, the Bahamas' Foreign Minster, Henry Rabary-Njaka, Madagascar's Foreign Minister and Special Envoy of the President, Angelino Alfano, Italian Foreign Minister, and Falah Mustafa Bakir, Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Department of Foreign Relations.

During the meetings, the foreign ministers exchanged views on a series of regional and international developments of common interest, particularly those related to Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Libya, which are on the agenda of the UN meeting.

The meetings were attended by Dr. Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State, Suleiman Hamed Salem Al Mazrouei, UAE Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations.