ABU DHABI— Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed
bin Zayed and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks Monday, UAE
state media reported, as relations improve between their two countries.
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The phone call between the two leaders marks the
highest-level interaction in years, after a rare visit earlier this month to
Ankara by a United Arab Emirates delegation.
The two sides have backed opposing sides in the Libyan
conflict and sparred on other regional issues.
Sheikh Mohammed and Erdogan "reviewed the prospects of
reinforcing relations between the two nations in a way that serves their common
interests and their two peoples", the official WAM news agency said.
"They exchanged views on a number of international and
regional issues of interest."
Erdogan has made efforts to reach out to a range of regional
rivals, including Egypt, as he tries to break out of a growing diplomatic
isolation that has cooled foreign investors in Turkey's fragile economy.
Emirati officials have also made a series of visits to rival
countries, including Qatar, after ties between the two Gulf nations were
severed for more than three years.
Anwar Gargash, a former UAE minister of state for foreign
affairs who now advises the country's president, tweeted that the phone call
between Sheikh Mohammed and Erdogan was "very positive and friendly".
"The UAE seeks to build bridges, maximize
commonalities, and work together with friends and brothers to ensure future
decades of regional stability and prosperity for all peoples and countries of
the region," he added.
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