Ministry News

H.E. Omar Obaid Alhesan Alshamsi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received a copy of the credentials of H.E. Isaac Annanias Moyo, Ambassador of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the UAE.

His Excellency Hamad Rashid Al Hebsi presented his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the UAE to the Syrian Arab Republic, to His Excellency Ahmad Al-Sharaa, President of Syria, during an official ceremony held at the People’s Palace in Damascus.

The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the drone attack that targeted a logistics base of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in the city of Kadugli in the Republic of Sudan, which resulted in multiple deaths and injuries to members of the Bangladeshi contingent serving in the UNISFA.

The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the Israeli Cabinet’s approval to establish and legalize 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank, stressing that this step constitutes a dangerous escalation and a blatant violation of international law, undermining efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in the region.

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, co-chaired the Sixteenth Session of the UAE–India Joint Committee, and the Fifth Session of the Strategic Dialogue, held in Abu Dhabi.

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, warmly welcomed His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for an official visit to Cyprus on 14 December 2025.

The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a joint U.S. and Syrian patrol near the city of Palmyra in central Syria, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of a number of U.S. soldiers, as well as injuries among members of the Syrian security forces.

The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that occurred at a Jewish gathering in the city of Sydney, Australia, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.

The United Arab Emirates has condemned the shooting incident that occurred at Brown University in the state of Rhode Island, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.

At the invitation of H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, paid a visit to the UAE on 12th and 13th December.

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, received Marko Đurić, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia.

The United Arab Emirates and the European Union officially launched the process of negotiating a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA). The start of negotiations was announced by EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica.

The United Arab Emirates hosted the 43rd meeting of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel), marking the first time

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, today received Ayman Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the brotherly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in Abu Dhabi.

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President William Samoei Ruto of the Republic of Kenya on his country's Independence Day.

The United Arab Emirates, together with Australia, Austria, and Kenya, co-chaired the second round of consultations on the Global Initiative’s workstream dedicated to preventing violations of international humanitarian law, held under the “Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to International Humanitarian Law,” convened by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Against the backdrop of expanding UAE–Africa economic ties and accelerating investment flows, a distinguished delegation of African business and philanthropic leaders convened in the UAE for a series of high-level engagements aimed at deepening cooperation across investment, trade, innovation, and philanthropy.

The United Arab Emirates has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the Republic of Iraq over the victims of the floods and heavy rains that struck several areas in the Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk Governorates of the Kurdistan Region, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.

The United Arab Emirates has expressed its solidarity with the Kingdom of Morocco and its sincere condolences over the victims of the collapse of two adjacent residential buildings in the city of Fes, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted Bill Gates, Co-Founder of Microsoft and Chair of the Gates Foundation, as part of the “MoFA Dialogues: Voices of Influence”