Within the framework of the Third session of the  Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Emirati Commission on Trade and Economic  Cooperation (August 16-17, 2018, Kyiv) the Minister for Foreign Affairs  of Ukraine Mr. Pavlo Klimkin met with Dr. Anwar Gargash, the Minister of  State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates.

The Parties discussed prospects for further development of bilateral  cooperation in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian spheres,  identified the priority directions of Ukrainian-Emirati interaction for  the near future. Particular attention was paid to the issues of  cooperation within the framework of international organizations.

The parties expressed satisfaction with the implementation of the  agreements reached during the visit of the President of Ukraine H.E. Mr.  Petro Poroshenko to the UAE on November 1-2, 2017.

After the meeting Pavlo Klimkin and Anwar Gargash participated in the  opening ceremony of the Arabic Language Center at the Diplomatic  Academy of Ukraine and signed a Memorandum on Cooperation between the  Hennadiy Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine under the Ministry of  Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Emirates Diplomatic Academy under the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the UAE.