(Bloomberg) --
Iran and the United Arab Emirates vowed to support global efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine after the OPEC nations' top diplomats held rare talks on Sunday.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Mohammad Javad Zarif “exchanged greetings” on the Eid Al-Adha Muslim celebration in a video call and reviewed their countries respective efforts “to contain the repercussions” of the pandemic, the UAE's state news agency WAM reported.
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The UAE is closely allied with Saudi Arabia, Iran's rival for regional hegemony.
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