Dubai (Etihad)
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received yesterday at the headquarters of Expo 2020 Dubai, President Ivan Duque Marquez, President of the friendly Republic of Colombia, who is currently visiting the country at the head of a high-level delegation, as part of a visit Official, during which he participates in the celebrations of his country’s National Day at the Expo. During the meeting, which was attended by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the two sides reviewed the overall developments on the regional and global arenas, foremost of which are efforts to accelerate global recovery rates from the Covid-19 pandemic, and what it requires. The next stage is to intensify the fields of international cooperation to confirm the ability of the various sectors, especially the economic ones, to overcome this exceptional stage in world history.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum affirmed the UAE’s pride in the ties of friendship and cooperation with the Republic of Colombia in light of the agreement of views on all regional and international issues, and the convergence of visions regarding the importance of taking bilateral relations to higher levels that serve the interests of the two peoples and achieve the development aspirations of the two friendly countries. .
His Highness expressed his hope that the next phase would witness more rapprochement and constructive cooperation in various fields, with an interest in opening new economic and investment channels that would allow Colombia to enter the region’s markets through the UAE, with all its strong logistical infrastructure that supports its well-established trade and economic ties with the markets of a geographical region inhabited by it. It also allows the business and investment sectors operating in the country to access the Colombian and Latin American markets, especially the emerging ones, which in turn carry many promising investment opportunities, with a focus on raising the level of trade and tourism exchange and technical cooperation between the two countries.
The Colombian president stressed his country’s pride in the close cooperation relations with the UAE, which have witnessed a remarkable development over the past years by deepening partnership relations in a number of vital sectors, the most important of which are entrepreneurship and youth development, praising the great support provided by the UAE to Colombia in developing them in line with its directions. and its development plans.
President Ivan Duque Marquez also congratulated the leadership and people of the UAE on the occasion of hosting Expo 2020 Dubai, which he described as an ideal opportunity to strengthen the bonds of friendship and cooperation between Colombia and the UAE, and that the great event is also an important platform from which the world starts again in the field of development, overcoming a difficult stage in Its history has been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Excellency President Ivan Duque Marquez witnessed the exchange of a memorandum of understanding on joint cooperation in the areas of government experience and governance. The memorandum was exchanged by His Excellency Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs with His Excellency Maria Paula Fernandez, Chief of Staff. The presidency in the Republic of Colombia, in a manner that contributes to enhancing the benefit of the UAE’s pioneering experience in the field of government work development, and the UAE’s keenness to share its pioneering experience in this field with various brotherly and friendly peoples, and its endeavor to exchange ideas and visions that serve to improve the government work system and enhance its outputs.
The meeting was attended by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Supreme Chairman of the Emirates Group, Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and a number of ministers and officials.
The official delegation accompanying the Colombian president includes the Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry, the Minister of Health, the Minister of the Environment, and a group of businessmen.
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