ABU DHABI/NEW YORK, Sept 28, 2018 (MENA) - UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has met with a number of foreign ministers participating in the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. WAM news agency said the foreign minister met with Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed of Sudan, Ivica Dacic of Serbia, Carlos Holmes Trujillo of Colombia, Nikos Kotzias of Greece, Almar Mohammad Yarov of Azerbaijan, Ditmir Bushati of Albania, Kairat Abdrakhmanov of Kazakhstan, Enzo Moavero Milanesi of Italy, and Louise Mushikiwabo of Rwanda. The meetings dealt with bilateral relations and means of developing them at all levels, especially in the political, economic, trade, investment, cultural and agricultural fields. Meanwhile, the top diplomat participated in the Yemen Quartet ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. The meeting was attended by Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Hunt, the British Foreign Secretary and David Hale, the US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. They emphasized their support for the UN efforts led by Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths. They discussed Iran's destabilizing influence in Yemen and the region as a whole in addition to ways to develop confidence-building measures after the breakdown of peace talks in Geneva.
