Bilateral relations, the prospects for cooperation and ways to enhance them, were discussed on Friday between UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba.

Both officials also reviewed the latest developments in the Ukraine, in addition to a number of regional and international issues of common interest, UAE state news agency WAM reported.

During the phone call, Sheikh Abdullah praised the United Nations-backed agreement recently signed in Istanbul between Ukraine, Russia and Turkey, which provides for the safe export of grain through the Black Sea to global markets.

He reiterated the UAE’s commitment to support all efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine and reach a political settlement of the crisis.