News

GENEVA / WAM The UAE ranks fifth in the IPU’s latest ‘Women in Parliament 2023’ report, which is based on parliamentary renewals in 66 chambers in 52 countries in 2023. “Rwanda continues to lead the IPU world ranking with women accounting for 61.3% of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, followed by Cuba and Nicaragua with 55.7% and 53.9% respectively, ...

JEDDAH / WAM Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State, headed the UAE delegation to the Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which was held at the headquarters of the organisation’s Secretariat General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The session was organised based on an invitation by the Kingdom ...

DUBAI / WAM Sanad, the global aerospace engineering and leasing solutions leader wholly owned by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company, announced a new partnership with Deucalion Aviation, a global provider of aircraft asset management, financing and investment services to deliver Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services for the Rolls Royce Trent 700 engines. Announced during MRO Middle East ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held discussions today with His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of the State of Kuwait, to review the deep-rooted relations between the two countries and their peoples. Their Highnesses also exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues of shared interest. The meeting ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today awarded His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, the Order of Zayed in appreciation of the strong fraternal relations that unite the two countries and the efforts of His Highness the Emir of Kuwait to enhance these ties. This award is ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the biggest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, today reported competitive financial results for 2023, with production records at every step of the company’s value chain. Despite the global aluminium market retreating from the record highs of 2022, EGA’s adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (adjusted ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have strong economic and trade relations, evidenced by their trade exchange between 2013 and 2022 totalling AED317 billion, including AED63 billion for imports, AED85.5 billion for non-oil exports, and AED168.5 billion for re-exports. Trade exchange between the two countries has grown significantly, with a 120.5 percent increase over 10 years. In ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, arrived in Abu Dhabi today on a state visit to the UAE. President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan personally headed the reception for His Highness the Emir and his delegation upon their arrival at the Presidential Airport. Also present at the ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai; and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, have sent messages of congratulation to Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, on being sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan.

ABU DHABI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Luminița Odobescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, in a phone call, discussed various aspects of bilateral relations between the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Romania and explored ways to strengthen them, in the interest of the two countries and their people. During ...