Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with leaders of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday to end an overseas trip, and the highest level between the United States and Russia has been propaganda since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Rubio's conversation with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi, is that the United States is also trying to be in Israel and radical Haha The Gaza Strip between the Maas Group continues a shaky ceasefire.

The UAE diplomatically acknowledged Israel during its first term in 2020, which is also the key to mediating prisoner swaps between Russia and Ukraine.

Rubio expressed his gratitude to the UAE, "because of the strength and durable nature of this relationship, it is marked by the common interests of strong economic ties, defense cooperation and regional stability," State Department spokesman Tammy Bruce ) said in a statement.

Bruce added that the meeting included discussions on artificial intelligence, the Gaza Strip, Syria, Lebanon and the Red Sea, which was the site of Houthi rebel attacks in Yemen until the ceasefire in Gaza.

UAE has no immediate posting on UAE Foreign Minister Rubio, Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan Comment. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Sheikh Mohammed on Monday.

Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been discussed as possible locations for peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, which marks its third anniversary on Monday. Saudi Arabia is also considered a possible venue for Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, providing a potential diplomatic gift to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, i.e. The de facto ruler of the kingdom.

Leaders met with Rubio at the Abu Dhabi Convention Centre, which will host a biennial international defense exhibition and conference this week, with both Ukraine and Russia showing weapons, even Moscow facing Western sanctions on the war.

Russian funds continue to pour into Dubai's booming real estate market. Daily flights between Emirates and Moscow provide lifelines for those who flee from recruitment and Russian elites. The Ukrainians also fled to Emirates, a confederacy ruled by seven chiefs on the Arabian Peninsula.

Rubio also visited the Abraham family house in Abu Dhabi, which houses a Catholic church, synagogue and Islamic mosque.

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Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell contributed to the report in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.