King grants audience to UAE’s land forces commander in Abu Dhabi

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah granted an audience to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Land Forces Commander Major-General Saeed Rashid Al Shehhi in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday (Dec 7).

According to a post on Istana Negara’s official Facebook account on Thursday (Dec 8), His Majesty and Major-General Saeed discussed military cooperation between Malaysia and UAE based on the mutual interests of the two countries at the hour-long meeting which started at 11am local time.

“The session was part of the activities lined up for His Majesty’s four-day special visit to Abu Dhabi, undertaken on the personal invitation of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed Zayed Al Nahyan, which ended Wednesday,” the statement read.

Istana Negara said Al-Sultan Abdullah was scheduled to return home on Thursday. – Bernama