UAE President to visit Russia, meet with President Putin
October 10, 2022, 5:21 pm

UAE President to visit Russia, meet with President Putin

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s president, met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, the Sultan of Oman, in the Omani capital of Muscat during his two-day state to the Gulf country as the two leaders spoke of the historical bonds between the two nations and discussed ways to strengthen ties. (Supplied: WAM)

UAE state news agency WAM reported on Monday (Oct 10) that United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will go to Russia on Tuesday (Oct 11) to meet with President Vladimir Putin.

WAM reported that during his visit, Sheikh Mohamed will discuss with Putin “the friendly relations between the UAE and Russia along with a number of regional and international issues and developments of common interest."

The UAE leader’s visit comes as Putin’s almost eight-month invasion escalates in the wake of a string of Ukrainian advances and an explosion on a key bridge link to Crimea that Moscow blamed on Ukraine’s secret services.

Russian missiles on Monday (Oct 10) struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities across the country, with Putin threatening further strikes.

Dubai’s former finance chief, Nasser al-Shaikh, said on Twitter that the UAE ruler was going to try to “defuse a European war” that no one expected would reach this level of escalation.

As of early this morning (Monday Oct 10), massive missile strikes all across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Kharkiv. As of 11:35, 83 missiles launched, 43 destroyed, reports Deputy MofD Hanna Maliar - Euromaidan Press / Photos: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday (Oct 10) condemned Russia for launching a barrage of fatal bombardments across Ukraine, describing it as an "unacceptable escalation of the war," his spokesman said.

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"The Secretary-General is deeply shocked by today's large-scale missile attacks by the armed forces of the Russian Federation on cities across Ukraine that reportedly resulted in widespread damage to civilian areas and led to dozens of people being killed and injured," Guterres's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

"This constitutes another unacceptable escalation of the war and, as always, civilians are paying the highest price."

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