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UAE says keen to see a secure and stable Turkey

Xinhua, July 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

The United Arab Emirates said Saturday that UAE wants to see a secure and stable Turkey after the country foiled a coup attempt.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, made a telephone call on Saturday to Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu, during which he expressed UAE's keenness to see a secure and stable Turkey, state news agency WAM reported.

Sheikh Abdullah said the UAE was anxiously following the recent developments in Turkey. He welcomed the return of Turkey to its legitimate and constitutional track, and termed it an expression of the will of the Turkish people.

The Abu Dhabi-based UEA foreign minister wished further progress and stability to Turkey and its people, according to WAM.

Earlier in the day, the UAE's international carrier Emirates Airline said it canceled its two flights Dubai to Istanbul's Ataturk Airport and to Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen on Saturday after the apparent failed military coup and the related return flights.

However, Emirates would continue to operate its flights to Ankara. The UAE's national carrier Etihad Airways also canceled its flights from the UAE capital Abu Dhabi to Istanbul's two airports. Endit