ABU DHABI – His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, may God protect him, and Vladimir Putin, head of the Russian Federation today – during a phone call – discussed strategic partnership relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them in the interest of their people. His Highness the President of the State and the Russian President also reviewed the developments of the situation in the Middle East region and its serious repercussions on security and stability in the region and the world … in addition to the efforts made to contain the situation and put an end to escalation. During the contact, the two sides stressed the necessity of restraint and invoking the dialogue to avoid exposing regional and global security to more threats, stressing the support of everything that would achieve calm through the means
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