Iran FM meets new UAE leader

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, who had visited Abu Dhabi on Monday to pay respect to the deceased UAE president
the Iranian foreign minister said a new page has opened in relations between Iran and the UAE
the highest-level trip by an Iranian official to the UAE in recent months.Iran's senior diplomat paid his respects to Sheikh Khalifa bin
Zayed, who died on Friday at the age of 73 after battling disease for a long time.Tehran has also hailed the appointment of Mohammed bin
Zayed as the new ruler of the Persian Gulf state.On Monday, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran congratulated Sheikh Mohammed on his appointment
as president of the United Arab Emirates, and expressed optimism that the two nations' ties would grow to serve mutual interests.Raisi said
he believes that mutual connections will be strengthened wisely to the best interests of the two nations.In November, Iran's Deputy Foreign
Minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, stated the two nations had decided to launch a new chapter in bilateral ties.President Raisi also stated in