Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is in Russia on an official visit, have begun talks at the Kremlin.

Axar.az informs, citing TASS, during the talks, the two leaders are expected to discuss key areas of multifaceted Russian-Emirati cooperation, the current situation in the Middle East, and other international issues, the Kremlin press service said earlier.

The Emirati side, in turn, announced that the discussions would focus primarily on expanding cooperation and joint work in the economic, trade, investment, and energy sectors.