UAE-US ties: Sheikh Mohamed, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin review strategic relations

Talks additionally touched on the current Houthi terrorist militia assaults on civil services in Abu Dhabi

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the US Defence Secretary, Lloyd Austin, have deliberated the strategic relations between the UAE and the US throughout numerous ranges, with particular emphasis on army and defence fields.

This got here throughout a phone name right this moment, the place Sheikh Mohamed and Austin additionally reviewed numerous worldwide and regional problems with curiosity.

The talks additionally touched on the current Houthi terrorist militia assaults on civil services within the UAE and the menace they pose to regional safety and stability, in addition to the necessity for a decisive worldwide stance within the face of such practices.

The US Defence Secretary reaffirmed his nation’s condemnation of the assaults and emphasised standing by the UAE within the face of threats to its safety and territorial integrity.

Sheikh Mohamed and Austin additionally mentioned army and safety cooperation between the UAE and the US and technique of boosting defence coordination, within the mild of the current terrorist assaults that happened within the UAE.