Abu-Dhabi, Rajab 20, 1438, April 17, 2017, SPA -- Sheikh Abdullah bin Zaid Al Nahyan, minister of foreign and international cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, met in Abu-Dhabi today with Katsuyuki Kawai, the special advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister, who is currently visiting Abu-Dhabi. During the meeting, they discussed the historic cooperation relations binding the two countries and ways of enhancing them in all fields in view of the firm friendship and joint strategic interests in addition to exchange of viewpoints on a number of issues of mutual concern. --SPA 01:32 LOCAL TIME 22:32 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w379072