H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, arrived on Sunday in the Kazakh capital Almaty to attend the opening of the 28th Winter Universiade as a guest of honour. 

Sheikh Mansour was welcomed at the airport by Askar Mamin, the First Deputy Prime minister of Kazakhstan. 

Sheikh Mansour and Askar Mamin held talks at the airport VIP lounge about ways of enhancing bilateral ties so as to serve mutual interests of the two friendly countries and their people. 

Beibut Atamkulov, Minister of Defense and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan, Dr. Mohammed Ahmed bin Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Ambassador to Kazakhstan, and Khairat Lama Sharif, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UAE attended the meeting.