Vice President Kamala Harris will make a trip to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, leading a presidential delegation to express in-person condolences on the death of the country's president.
Harris will also meet with the new president, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, while in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi, according to a statement from Harris' press secretary, Kirsten Allen."In addition to honoring the memory and the legacy of Sheikh Khalifa, the Vice President will underscore the strength of the partnership between our countries and our desire to further deepen our ties in the coming months and years," Allen said Saturday.
"In a statement congratulating Sheikh Mohammed on his election as UAE president, Biden said that"the United States is determined to honor the memory of the late president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan by continuing to strengthen the strategic partnership between our countries over the coming months and years."Read MoreSheikh Khalifa, whose modernization policies helped transform his country into a regional powerhouse, died on Friday at the age of 73.
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