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Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke with David Lammy in one of the first calls the UK Foreign Minister made after assuming his new post.
“This government will reconnect Britain to build a better future,” Mr Lammy said in an Instagram post, in which he listed the conversation with Sheikh Abdullah as one of his first.
Sheikh Abdullah congratulated Mr Lammy on his appointment, expressing his aspiration to work with him to reinforce and develop bilateral relations to achieve the mutual interests of their two countries, Wam reported.
Others to receive calls on Mr Lammy's first day in his new post included US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
Mr Lammy was appointed Foreign Secretary by new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose Labour party achieved a landslide victory in the UK elections on Thursday.
The new Foreign Secretary called taking up his new post “the honour of my life”.
“The world faces huge challenges, but we will navigate them with the UK’s enormous strengths,” he said in a post on X.
Mr Lammy has previously expressed admiration for the Emirates' global diplomatic efforts, saying in May that the UK could “learn from the increasingly dynamic diplomacy approaches of countries like India, Brazil and the UAE”.
In his shadow ministerial role, Mr Lammy visited the UAE and held talks with Sheikh Abdullah, and was in Dubai during Cop28 in early December.
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Other ways to buy used products in the UAE
UAE insurance firm Al Wathba National Insurance Company (AWNIC) last year launched an e-commerce website with a facility enabling users to buy car wrecks.
Bidders and potential buyers register on the online salvage car auction portal to view vehicles, review condition reports, or arrange physical surveys, and then start bidding for motors they plan to restore or harvest for parts.
Physical salvage car auctions are a common method for insurers around the world to move on heavily damaged vehicles, but AWNIC is one of the few UAE insurers to offer such services online.
For cars and less sizeable items such as bicycles and furniture, Dubizzle is arguably the best-known marketplace for pre-loved.
Founded in 2005, in recent years it has been joined by a plethora of Facebook community pages for shifting used goods, including Abu Dhabi Marketplace, Flea Market UAE and Arabian Ranches Souq Market while sites such as The Luxury Closet and Riot deal largely in second-hand fashion.
At the high-end of the pre-used spectrum, resellers such as Timepiece360.ae, WatchBox Middle East and Watches Market Dubai deal in authenticated second-hand luxury timepieces from brands such as Rolex, Hublot and Tag Heuer, with a warranty.
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