The foreign ministers of Israel and the United Arab  Emirates visited the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin on Tuesday ahead of talks hosted by Germany. 

Gabi Ashkenazi and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan met for the first time since the historic peace accords signed by their countries at the White House last month. 

At the memorial site, Sheikh al-Nahyan wrote in English “Never again” and in Arabic pledged support for “the noble human values of co-existence, tolerance, acceptance of others and respect of all religions and beliefs”, according to Israeli media. 

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who accompanied the two men, said it was “a great honour that the Israeli and Emirati foreign ministers picked Berlin as the site for their historic first meeting”. 

In his message in the memorial book, Mr Ashkenazi, who is the child of Holocaust survivors, said the meeting symbolised “the beginning of a new era. An era of peace between the peoples”. 

The UAE Foreign Minister later said his country looked forward to “opening new horizons of co-operation” and highlighted the areas of energy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 

On Monday, the Dubai World Trade Centre signed an accord with the Israel Export Institute.