Mohamed bin Zayed meets French Foreign Minister

Abu Dhabi, May 27, 2013 (WAM) - His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces on Sunday met French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, who is on a current visit to the UAE. At the meeting in Emirates Palace, Sheikh Mohamed and Fabius discussed the strategic relations between the UAE and France and ways to promote and strengthen them in all spheres in service of their common interests. They reviewed the outstanding relations and the level of cooperation and coordination between their two countries, and the progress these relations have made in all spheres, in culture and education in particular, with joint projects such as the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum and the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi University, in light of the interest the leaderships of the two countries have in promoting their relations to serve their mutual interests and goals. The two sides discussed the latest regional and international developments at the meeting yesterday. They also exchanged views on matters of common interest. Mohammed Mubarak Al Mazrouie, Undersecretary of the Court of the Crown Prince, and Alain Azouaou, the French Ambassador to the UAE. – Emirates News Agency, WAM