Abu Dhabi: Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, has conducted a meeting with Lieutenant General Xu Ganlu, Deputy Minister of Public Security and Commissioner of the National Immigration Administration of China.
During the meeting, they discussed plans to improve the two nations’ bilateral ties and police as well as security cooperation.
From the UAE Ministry of Interior’s side, the meeting was attended by Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili, Undersecretary of the Ministry; Brigadier Engineer Hussein Ahmed Al Harithi, Director General of Smart Services and Digital Security; Brigadier Dr. Faisal Sultan Al Shuaibi, Director General of Strategy and Performance Development; Brigadier Saeed Abdullah Al Suwaidi, Director General of Federal Narcotics Control; and a number of the Ministry’s officers.
Among those attending from the Chinese side were Ms. Peng Ling, Director-General of the Chinese Language Department of the Citizens’ Exit and Entry Department of the National Immigration Administration; Mr. Qi Jingyang, Director-General of the Immigration Inspection and National Border Control Department of the National Immigration Administration; Mr. Wang Quanqi, Deputy Director-General of the International Organization in the Cooperation Department (MPS); Mr. Liu Jing, Deputy Director-General of Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Administration; and a number of officials.
For decades, China and the UAE have had friendly relations, as per the statement. The two countries have been backing each other on diplomatic matters, and China is the UAE’s largest trading partner as of 2022’s report.
This year, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed with Mr. Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China, bilateral relations and strategic partnerships between their countries and opportunities to enhance them across all sectors.