His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has arrived in Brazil on an official visit to attend the 19th G20 summit, on behalf of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The summit is set to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from November 18-19.
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi was accompanied by an official delegation, including Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State; Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi, Minister of Investment, Saif Saeed Ghobash, Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Saleh Ahmad Salem Alsuwaidi, Ambassador of the UAE to Brazil, and Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi, Deputy Group CEO at Mubadala.
The United Arab Emirates air defences intercepted five ballistic missiles and 17 drones on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a phone call on Monday with Mark Rutte, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), to discuss the implications of ongoing military escalation in the region.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has extended his condolences to Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan over the martyrdom of a helicopter crew in Qatar on Monday.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan spoke on the phone on Tuesday with Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim about the developments in the region and the repercussions of the escalating military actions on security and stability at the regional and international levels, as well as their impact on international shipping and the global economy.
The Emirates Drug Establishment (EDE) has carried out more than 568 inspections of medical warehouses across the country since the beginning of the year, including 86 inspections in March, as part of efforts to secure medicine stockpile.