Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs, received Yousef Mohammed Ali, Director of the President’s Office and Acting Minister of Defense of the Union of the Comoros (photo), and explored ways of boosting ties.

During the meeting, Al Bowardi praised the brotherly relations between the UAE and the Comoros, re-affirming his keenness to enhance the level of relations between both countries to wider horizons.

The two sides discussed ways to strengthen cooperation, especially in defense fields, and exchanged views on a number of issues of common concern, according to Emirates News Agency WAM.

The meeting was attended by Matar Salim Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defense, senior officials, officers of the Ministry of Defense, and the delegation accompanying the guest.

Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Defense Production of Pakistan Zubaida Jalal received Major General Staff Pilot Ishaq Saleh Al-Balushi, Head of the Executive Directorate of Industries and Development of Defense Capabilities at the Ministry of Defense of the UAE in Islamabad.

During the meeting, they discussed relations between the UAE and Pakistan and ways to enhance them in various defense fields. They also reviewed a number of issues of mutual interest.

A number of senior officials from both sides attended the meeting.