UAE denies Netanyahu visited in ‘secret’ during US-Israel war on Iran

The United Arab Emirates’ foreign ministry denied on Wednesday a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office that he visited the country and held a secret meeting with its president.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said earlier he travelled to the UAE during the war with Iran and met Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.
A statement by the Emirati foreign ministry said that Emirati relations with Israel “are public” and “not based on non-transparent or unofficial arrangements.”
“Any claims regarding unannounced visits or undisclosed arrangements are entirely unfounded unless officially announced by the relevant authorities in the UAE,” the statement said.