WELLINGTON 17th March 2016 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has met with Gerry Brownlee New Zealand Defence Minister in the country's capital Wellington.

During the meeting the two sides reviewed cooperation relations between the UAE and Australia especially in the defence and military sectors and ways of enhancing them. H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and the New Zealand Minister also exchanged views on the latest regional and international developments.

The meeting was attended by Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Director of the Department of East Asia and Pacific at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Major General Abdullah Al Hashimi Executive Director Strategic Analysis UAE Ministry of Defence.