The UAE ambassador was invited to the MFA of Uzbekistan

The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhromjon Aloev received the Ambassador of the UAE Said Matar al-Qamzi. At the meeting, the situation related to the arrest of male citizens of Uzbekistan at the Abu Dhabi airport was discussed.

On December 2, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhromjon Aloev received UAE Ambassador Saeed Matar al-Qamzi, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.

The parties discussed the situation related to the arrest of male citizens of Uzbekistan at the Abu Dhabi airport in recent days.

"It was agreed to take appropriate measures to resolve the current situation as soon as possible," the report said.

Issues of development of political, trade-economic and investment relations between the two countries were also discussed at the meeting.

Earlier, it was reported that since November 30, more than 30 men who had flown in from Uzbekistan were not admitted without any explanation and were kept without food for more than 15 hours.

So far, no official statement has been made about the reasons for the arrest. However, it is assumed that this incident is related to the arrest of three citizens of Uzbekistan on suspicion of the murder of the Israeli rabbi Tzvi Kogan in the UAE.