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UAE, Germany call for solution in Mideast crisis

Xinhua, March 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, met Monday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to discuss developments in the conflict-ridden countries of Libya, Yemen and Syria.

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan is also the Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces.

He said on his social media channel that he discussed with the German diplomat the bilateral relations in addition to regional and international issues of common interest.

Both sides also discussed means to renew talks between the divided parties in Yemen.

The UAE has been a member of the Saudi Arabia-led multi-national Arab force fighting the Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels since March 2015 in order to reinstate the "legitimate" government of Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Both sides also discussed developments in Syria. Steinmeier said in a statement that Germany and the UAE have always worked together "intensely" on Syria's future perspective.

Germany is suffering from the Syrian conflict as 428,000 Syrian refugees fled through Turkey and the Balkan states to Germany, according to the German ministry of interior.

Steinmeier left Abu Dhabi on Monday heading to Muscat, Oman. Endit