On January 31 Sergey Lavrov met with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The same day Minister met with King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa who was also visiting the capital of the UAE.

On February 1 Sergey Lavrov participated in the 4th session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum, after which the Joint Communique was signed. Text of the Minister’s speech is available through the link. Joint Communique text can be found here.

Following the meeting a joint press conference of Sergey Lavrov, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah Al Nahyan and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit was held. For more info visit this site.

Moreover, on the sidelines of the Session head of the Russian Foreign Ministry held meetings with his vis-à-vis from Yemen, Algeria, Tunis as well as with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul-Gheit.