ABU DHABI -- Iran's Vice-President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad-Ali Abtahi met and conferred with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Commander in Chief of the UAE Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed an-Nahyan here on Friday evening, IRNA reported.

During the meeting in the presence of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Persian Gulf Littoral States Managing Director Hossein Sadeqi, and the Islamic Republic of Iran's Ambassador to the UAE Alireza Salari, the two countries' cooperation and the latest regional and international developments were discussed.

The Iranian vice-president meanwhile expressed sympathy and condoled with the Abu Dhabi crown prince on the death of Sheikh Ahmad Mubarak an-Nahyan.

Abtahi is scheduled to meet the leader of the UAE Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan an-Nahyan and deliver President Seyed Mohammad Khatami's message to him.

The vice-president arrived in the UAE atop a political-economic delegation for an official visit on Friday morning.