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ABU DHABI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed during a phone call with Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, bilateral relations between the two countries. The ministers reviewed the paths of joint cooperation between the UAE and New Zealand and the prospects for advancing them in ...

BAKU/WAM COP29 President-Designate Mukhtar Babayev and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell attended a signing ceremony and exchanged letters, reaffirming Azerbaijan’s status as the host country for this year’s COP29 UN climate conference. The exchange of letters followed the COP29 Operating Company’s announcement of progress in its preparations to welcome international delegates to the conference in Baku and the Presidency’s engagements ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms and denounced the ongoing Israeli violations which have resulted in hundreds of deaths and injuries of innocent civilians. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) stressed the UAE’s categorical rejection of the targeting of civilians and civilian facilities. The Ministry stressed that the immediate priority is to preserve the ...

ABU DHABI/AD MEDIA OFFICE Building on the success of the inaugural grant scheme in 2023, the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Zayed National Museum, the national museum of the UAE currently under construction on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island, have launched the second round of the Zayed National Museum Research Fund. The fund continues ...

ST. PETERSBURG/WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, participated in the Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Transport, hosted in St. Petersburg, Russia, to drive international cooperation and sharing of experiences in the transport sector. In his speech at the meeting, Al Mazrouei expressed the UAE’s readiness to cooperate with BRICS countries in improving connectivity, diversifying logistics ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has issued a resolution to restructure Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council’s Board of Directors, appointing Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi as Chairman. The board further comprises the Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Department ...

SEATTLE / WAM H.H. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and National Security Advisor, met on Friday with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, in Seattle, USA. The meeting focused on cooperation and partnership relations, exploring prospects for development in advanced technology. The discussions centred on providing digital environments and smart solutions to support increased opportunities ...

ABU DHABI/WAM H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has attended Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence’s (MBZUAI) 2024 commencement ceremony. The cohort comprised 101 graduates, including three PhD graduates in Machine Learning (ML) and 98 master’s degree graduates in Computer Vision (CV), ML, and ...

ABU DHABI/WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory cable to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on his country’s National Day. 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 ...

ABU DHABI/WAM The UAE emerged as a leader in various global competitiveness indicators within the civil aviation sector. According to the recently launched World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Development Index (TTDI) 2024, the country ranked 1st worldwide in the “Quality of Air Transport Infrastructure” indicator, and the 3rd globally in both the “Efficiency of Air Transport Services” and “Available ...