His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has discussed recent developments in the region and efforts to reach a comprehensive and sustainable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, during a phone call with Antony Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America.
Talks also focused on way to improve the humanitarian response to the urgent needs of civilians.
His Highness reaffirmed the UAE's support for the United States' efforts, in collaboration with key international partners, to achieve a sustainable ceasefire that ensures the protection of all civilians.
He stressed the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip necessitates urgent, coordinated, and sustained efforts to address the immediate needs of civilians and deliver essential humanitarian aid.
Sheikh Abdullah underscored the importance of reducing tensions, countering extremism, and halting escalating violence in the region, highlighting the need for a serious political pathway to resume negotiations aimed at achieving comprehensive peace, grounded in the two-state solution.
He also touched on developments in the situation in Sudan and their humanitarian repercussions.
The 18th group of wounded Palestinian children and cancer patients and those accompanying them, arrived in the UAE on Friday, in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to provide medical treatment for 1,000 injured children and 1,000 cancer patients from the Gaza Strip at the UAE's hospitals.
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to Keir Starmer on his election as the UK's Prime Minister.
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, has inaugurated the Burjeel Cancer Institute (BCI) in Mohammed bin Zayed City, Abu Dhabi.
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has introduced two new circular public bus routes: DH1, which runs between Dubai Hills and Equiti Metro Station, and DA2, which travels between Damac Hills and Dubai Studio City.
Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 has launched a campaign to distribute drinking water to displaced Palestinian families across various areas of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.