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agreement on key political and religious issues  UAE and US
leaders have reaffirm their commitment to their "enduring
partnership", which they said had contributed to stability in
the Middle East.  UAE and US leaders have reaffirmed their
commitment to their "enduring partnership", which they said had
contributed to stability in the Middle East. Sheikh Mohammed bin
Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and the outgoing US president,
George W Bush, issued a joint statement after meeting at the US
presidential retreat at Camp David.  The significance of the
meeting was the "great realisation that the UAE is a model of
tolerance and prosperity in the Middle East," said Danny
Sebright, the president of the US-UAE Business Council in
Washington, DC. It was Sheikh Mohammed's second Camp David visit
in five months. Mr Bush visited the UAE in January, stopping in
Dubai and Abu Dhabi. In their statement, the two leaders
highlighted their agreement on several is