Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Sha'far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior, met with a delegation from the United Kingdom, headed by Simon Everest, Director of Business Strategy at the at UK Trade & Investment Defence and Security Organisation.

During a meeting, both parties discussed a number of topics of mutual concern alongside ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation and coordination between the UAE and the United Kingdom.

They also discussed ways to exchange expertise in the various policing fields.

The meeting was attended by Brigadier Fares Khalifa Al Farsi, Director General of Central Operations at the Ministry of Interior; Colonel Obaid Al Zaabi from the Public Relations Department; Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Saeed Al Mazroui, Head of the International Cooperation Department; and by Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Salem Al Habsi, from the Directorate General of the Central Operations at the Ministry of Interior. From the British side, the meeting was attended by Richard Freeman, Senior Police and Security Adviser at UK Trade & Investment Defence and Security Organisation and Adil Khan, Trade and Investment Adviser at the British Embassy in the UAE.