Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan, has announced postponing a visit to Abu Dhabi because Emirate leader Mohamed Al-Nahyan had a health problem.

The message, posted by Erdogan’s team on X, said he had talked with President Al-Nahyan by phone.

The three-paragraph message revealed that during the course of the call, President Erdogan expressed his sadness over the health problem experienced by President Al Nahyan and wished him a prompt recovery.

According to the statement, Erdogan would travel to the United Arab Emirates at a later date.

Recall that the Emirati leader’s team on Saturday evening released photos taken the same day showing Al Nahyan, known as MBZ, smiling and apparently in good health, with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Al Thani.