Ministry News

His Excellency Benjamin Dousa, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of the Kingdom of Sweden, met with Her Excellency Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, on the sidelines of her official visit to the Kingdom of Sweden

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed during a telephone call with Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates of the Arab Republic of Egypt

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, received Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden.

H.E. Omar Obaid Alhesan Alshamsi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received a copy of the credentials H.E. Anand Amgalan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Mongolia to the UAE.

The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist and unprovoked ballistic missile and drone attacks by Iran that targeted the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President António José Seguro of Portugal on the occasion of his country's National Day.

H.E. Mohammed Ahmed Al Qamzi presented his credentials to H.E. Dr Kao Kim Horn, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as Ambassador of the UAE Mission to ASEAN, during a ceremony held at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta.

Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Minister of State, received His Excellency Javier Colomina, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, and the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood.

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, received Ambassador Mike Waltz, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.

His Excellency Salem Saeed AlShamsi, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, presented his credentials to His Excellency Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the organization.

H.E. Saeed bin Mubarak Al Hajeri, Minister of State, received a copy of the credentials of H.E. Lee Won-ik, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the brotherly Republic of Korea to the United Arab Emirates.

The UAE welcomed the joint statement on Sudan, which reaffirmed the shared commitment to supporting a peaceful, democratic, and stable path forward in line with the aspirations of the brotherly Sudanese people.

H.E. Omar Obaid Alhesan Alshamsi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received a copy of the credentials H.E. Abdallahi Bah Nagi Kebd, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the UAE.

The United Arab Emirates has expressed its solidarity with the Republic of Iraq over the victims of an accident involving a passenger bus that overturned near the city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.

The UAE has expressed its solidarity with the Republic of the Philippines following the earthquake that struck the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has called on users of the eDAS system, designated for attesting commercial invoices and certificates of origin, to transition fully to the upgraded version, eDAS 2.0, replacing the previous eDAS 1.0, which will be decommissioned effective today, June 8, 2026.

The 20th session of the Forum of UAE Ambassadors and Representatives of Missions Abroad will commence tomorrow, Monday. Held from 8 to 11 June 2026, the annual forum serves as a strategic platform to align visions and coordinate priorities.

The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned and denounced the Israeli targeting of a vehicle belonging to the Lebanese Armed Forces in southern Lebanon, which resulted in the deaths of a number of military personnel.

A new cohort of diplomats took the legal oath before H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, received a telephone call from Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa.