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UAE, Sri Lanka strengthen ties

United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera in Colombo on September 4

United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) shakes hands with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera in Colombo on September 4, 2015. (AFP/Getty Images)

United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) walks with Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera in Colombo on September 4, 2015. (AFP/Getty Images)

Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga (2L), Sri Lankan sports minister Mahindannda Aluthgamage (C), ICC Chief Executive David Richardson (2R) and Sri Lanka Cricket President Upali Dharmadasa (R) pose for photographers with the ICC World Twenty20 trophy along with members from the Emirates airline which flew the trophyfrom Dubai. at the Independence Memorial Hall in Colombo August 29, 2012. Sri Lanka hosts the tournament from September 18 to October 7. (AFP/GettyImages)

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama (R) addresses journalists as United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayid Al Nahyan (L) looks on during a media briefing in Colombo on June 13, 2009. Sri Lanka on June 13 sought aid from the United Arab Emirates to rebuild swathes of land devastated by the near four decades long ethnic war with Tamil Tigers. (AFP/Getty Images)

United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayid Al Nahyan (L) addresses journalists as Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama (R) looks on during a media briefing in Colombo on June 13, 2009. Sri Lanka on June 13 sought aid from the United Arab Emirates to rebuild swathes of land devastated by the near four decades long ethnic war with Tamil Tigers. (AFP/Getty Images)

United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayid Al Nahyan (L) shakes hands with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama in Colombo on June 13, 2009. Sri Lanka on June 13 sought aid from the United Arab Emirates to rebuild swathes of land devastated by the near four decades long ethnic war with Tamil Tigers. (AFP/Getty Images)

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