President Donald Trump and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke by phone about the Middle East, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Thursday.
WAM said the two men traded views on matters of shared interest, chiefly the region’s latest developments and the efforts under way around them. They also talked about cooperation between their countries and how to build on it.
The call came a day after White House envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly met Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser. Their talks covered the regional crisis and what to do next on Iran.
The fighting is the backdrop. A US strike on Iran’s Larak Island on Sunday ended a lull in hostilities that had lasted roughly a month. Since then, Washington has carried out strikes inside Iran, and Tehran has hit back at US military facilities across the region, the UAE among them. Reports also say Washington is pressing a new economic campaign against Tehran.
