President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) speaks with Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi March 17, 2009. Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) speaks with Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi March 17, 2009.

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  1. Emarati men hold the balloons with the images from left to right, Dubai's ruler and UAE prime minister Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE president Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Sharjah's ruler Sheik Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi during the UAE national day parade in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Talking to the media Tuesday, Sheik Mohammed said, Dubai's economy is 'strong' and 'solid' and the world does not understand what is happening in Dubai, in his first public comments since the financial meltdown in the former Arab boomtown.

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  1. Emarati men hold the balloons with the images from left to right, Dubai's ruler and UAE prime minister Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE president Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Sharjah's ruler Sheik Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi during the UAE national day parade in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Talking to the media Tuesday, Sheik Mohammed said, Dubai's economy is 'strong' and 'solid' and the world does not understand what is happening in Dubai, in his first public comments since the financial meltdown in the former Arab boomtown.
  2. Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki (L) talks with his counterparts Anifah bin Aman (2nd L) of Malaysia, Ahmet Davutoglu (2nd R) of Turkey and Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi of Pakistan after a joint press conference at the end of the 12th session of the Developing-Eight (D-8) Council of Ministers in Kuala Lumpur on November 2, 2009.
  3. Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi (L) talks with his Iranian counterpart Manoucher Mottaki at the end of the 12 sessions of the Developing-Eight (D-8) Council of Ministers in Kuala Lumpur on November 2, 2009.
  4. Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi (C) along with his Iranian counterpart Manoucher Mottaki (R) and Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu walk to a joint press conference at the end of the 12 sessions of the Developing-Eight (D-8) Council of Ministers in Kuala Lumpur on November 2, 2009.
  5. Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi (R) shakes hand with his Iranian counterpart Manoucher Mottaki at the end of the 12 session of the Developing-Eight (D-8) Council of Ministers in Kuala Lumpur on November 2, 2009.
  6. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki attends an official meeting in Tehran December 14, 2009.
  7. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, speaks with media during a joint press conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Iran's foreign minister says three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July will go on trial.
  8. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, speaks with media during a joint press conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Iran's foreign minister says three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July will go on trial.
  9. M.K. Narayanan, national security adviser to India's prime minister, left, sits with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, center, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, and talks with Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheik Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa on the sidelines of the International Institute for Strategic Studies regional security conference in Manama, Bahrain.

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