By IANS
New York : The United Arab Emirates and the Vatican have issued a joint communique here announcing the establishment of diplomatic ties.
The statement, signed Wednesday by Abdul Aziz Nasser Al Shamsi, UAE's permanent representative at the UN, and Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Vatican's permanent observer at the world body, has been deposited with the UN, the WAM news agency reported Friday.
The communique underlined the two governments' deep desire to cement mutual friendship and international cooperation through diplomatic ties in accordance with the Vienna Convention of Diplomatic Relations of 1961.
After the signing ceremony, Al Shamsi discussed with Archbishop Celestino Migliore mutual ties that can be developed between the two sides.