UAE-CUBA: Relations at embassy level

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Att.Editors: The following item is by the United Arab Emirates news agency (WAM)

ABU DHABI, Mar 19 2003 (IPS) - United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Rashid Abdullah has received a letter from Cuba’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fernando Remirez de Estenoz.

The letter deals with bilateral ties between the two countries and Cuba’s desire to open its embassy in the UAE with a non-resident ambassador in the first stage.

Foreign Ministry Under Secretary, Saif Saeed bin Sa’ed, received the letter when he received here today Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Armando Guerra Menchero, who is currently on a visit to the UAE.

During the meeting, they reviewed developments in the Iraqi crisis and the Palestinian issue.