Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the UAE Foreign Minister, met with the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, in Washington DC yesterday.
Sheikh Abdullah also met with the US National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, and Congressional leaders, state news agency Wam said.
Matters in Egypt, Syria and the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict were all discussed.
Ways in which both the UAE and US can promote peace, stability and development in the Middle East, as well as dicussions on the threat posed by political Islamist and extremist groups, were also brought up.