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Abdullah bin Zayed accompanies US Secretary of State on a tour of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi receives US Secretary of State




Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi receives US Secretary of State

 24/11/2015

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday received US Secretary of State John Kerry and members of the delegation accompanying him on a current visit to the UAE.

H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed welcomed Kerry's visit and discussed with him the excellent friendship and co-operation relations between the UAE and the United States.

During the meeting, the two parties reviewed spheres of co-operation and strategic partnerships between the two countries and ways of bolstering and promoting them to serve the interests of the two countries and their peoples.

During the meeting which was attended by H.H. Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy National Security Advisor, and H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, the two parties also discussed the most important regional issues and exchanged their views about them.

The crown prince of Abu Dhabi was briefed by the US Secretary of State on the outcome of the recent Vienna talks about the crisis in Syria as well as Washington's contacts with its allies about ideas and solutions to this political, security and humanitarian crisis.

The discussions also took in the efforts being made by the global coalition to counter extremism and terrorism.

In this regard, the two sides stressed the importance of co-ordination, co-operation and consultation about intensifying efforts to fight terrorist organisations through effective mechanisms that can achieve their goals.

The two sides also stressed the importance of continued support for regional efforts, in particular in in Syria, Yemen, Libya and the peace process in the Middle East as well as the international efforts to establish the pillars of security and stability in the region and the world.

The meeting was also attended by Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ali Mohammad Hammad Al Shamsi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Supreme National Security Council, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority (EAA), Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the United States, Mohammed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Undersecretary of the Court of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Barbara A. Leaf, Ambassador of the United States to the UAE, and a number of officials.

Abdullah bin Zayed accompanies US Secretary of State on a tour of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

 24/11/2015

Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan accompanied US Secretary of State John Kerry on a tour of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.

During his tour, Kerry stopped at the Mosque's different sections and was briefed about the story behind construction of this landmark and about the innovative Islamic architecture. He was presented at the end of his tour with a pictorial books published by the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre and entitled 'Space of Light'.

Sheikh Abdullah said at the end of the tour: "It's a great honour for myself to have secretary State of United States my friend John Kerry in the UAE and it was wonderful to join him on a tour in the Sheikh Zayed Mosque. And this morning we had a very truthful meeting with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and we very much rely on the Secretary's friendship and the strong relationship between UAE and United States."

Kerry thanked His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, H.H. Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy National Security Advisor and H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan for a very warm welcome here today, "I want to thanks them for the privilege of visiting this remarkable mosque, Sheikh Zayed Mosque, which is one of the greatest mosque in the world and one of the truly most beautiful mosques that I had the Privilege visiting. Its extraordinary Architecture and great tribute to Islam and this country and congregates on remarkable building built in 9 years, started from 1995."

He went on to say: "I am very grateful to Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed for his welcome today; and for the time we spent. We had some very serious conversation about the situation throughout the Middle East."

Kerry also said: "We respect what The United Arab Emirates has been able to accomplish a significant progress in Yemen, we understand completely and support the reason that Saudi Arabia and the UAE felt imperilled to take acts of self-defence and protect the security of this region. And I know that the UAE made a sacrifices in that effort and we understand those scarifies in the United States and we respect what has been achieved and the values that the UAE is standing up for.

We also talked very seriously Today about Libya, and we are committed to taking steps in the next weeks, once to try to address that situation and I thank the UAE for their Commitment to try to make sure that radical religious extremism is pushed back in favour of a broad-based tolerant secular governess which allows the people of Libya to be able to choose future away from the barrel of Gun, but through a peaceful Process."

Kerry concluded by saying: "Finally, we honestly talked very seriously about Syria, we are deeply committed to try to achieve a seize-fire in a political process, we want violence to stop and there again we want a secular Syria and with the people of Syria to choose their future. So we agreed today on a number of things we will work on specifically we try to accelerate the defeat of Daesh and bring about the peace and stability that the region wants. So again, profound thank you to my friend and colleague Sheikh Abdullah who works very closely on all these issues and we are very, very grateful for the support of the UAE and its leadership." .


 














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