Harris meets with new UAE president and expresses condolences following death of the country's president
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday met with the new president of the United Arab Emirates after leading a US delegation to the UAE to express in-person condolences following the death of the country's president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Harris told reporters after the meeting she made the trip on behalf of President Joe Biden and the American people, "to express our condolences to a friend and a partner, the United Arab Emirates," and to offer congratulations to the new UAE president, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Sheikh Khalifa, whose modernization policies helped transform his country into a regional powerhouse, died on Friday at the age of 73.
Harris said she reaffirmed the US' commitment to the "security and prosperity in this region," and that she spoke of "how the American people have benefited from this relationship."
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