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Abu Dhabi / WAM Exhibitors from European countries attending the International Defence Exhibition (Idex 2021) described the exhibition as the strongest defense exhibition in Mena region, and largest event held every two years in Abu Dhabi. They emphasised that organising the event at this time reflects UAE’s success in hosting world events. The largest biennial event of defense exhibition in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, approved the establishment of the Executive Office of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). The Executive Office will oversee the implementation of the UAE’s National AML/CFT Strategy ...

DUBAI / WAM The 2021 ministerial retreat concluded on Wednesday with a new edition of the National Agenda and strategic projects to boost the country’s competitiveness and speed up development in the next 50 years. The two-day retreat, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received a letter addressed to President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, from Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait. The letter was delivered on Wednesday by Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun) have signed an MoU to establish and organise Research and Development (R&D) planning and execution for the defence and security sectors. The MoU was signed by Major-General Staff Pilot Ishaq Saleh Al-Balushi, Assistant Undersecretary for Industries, Ministry of Defence and Tareq Abdulraheem Al Hosani, Chief Executive ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates will celebrate, on Thursday, the 60th National Day of Kuwait, which underscores the close ties and strong strategic partnership between the two countries. The UAE will host a series of distinguished activities to celebrate the annual National Day of Kuwait, which takes place on February 25. The celebrations will include illuminating the ...

DUBAI / WAM The government retreat to plan the next 50 years, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, began on Tuesday, with the participation of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE is a long-time partner that has supported Japanese economy and society, and economic relations remain robust with $22.4 billion bilateral trade in 2020, a top Japanese official told WAM. “As one of the most significant crude oil suppliers to Japan, the UAE is a very important partner that has supported our economy and society ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etisalat Group announced that its twelve month ending on December 31, 2020, consolidated revenues reached AED51.7 billion, while consolidated net profit after Federal Royalty amounted to AED9 billion, an increase of 3.8 percent compared to last year. The Group’s Board of Directors proposed dividend payout of 40 fils per share for the second half of 2020, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned the cowardly attack that targeted a convoy of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) near Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Italian ambassador to the DRC and two other people were killed during the attack. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...