UAE foreign minister treats Nigel Farage like prime-minister-in-waiting on UK trip

UAE foreign minister treats Nigel Farage like prime-minister-in-waiting on UK trip Submitted by Imran Mulla on Sat, 05/16/2026 - 10:12 Abu Dhabi finds common ground with Reform UK over a shared opposition to political Islam UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in London on 15 May 2026 (Screengrab/X) Off The United Arab Emirates ' foreign minister met with Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, during a visit to London. Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who also serves as the UAE’s deputy prime minister, was photographed sitting with Farage on Friday. The Emirati foreign affairs ministry said the pair discussed the "latest regional developments and the repercussions of the unprovoked Iranian terrorist attacks targeting the UAE", as well as strategic relations between the UAE and Britain.