MINSK / WAM Ahmed Mohammed Al Tenaiji, UAE Ambassador to Belarus, discussed with Alexander Yaroshenko, Deputy Minister of Economy of Belarus, the economic relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen them in all fields. The two sides stressed during the meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy in Minsk, the need to ...

  MANILA / WAM The Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised $1.3 billion to help finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects with the issue of dual-tranche 3-year and 10-year green bonds, following its inaugural green bond issue in 2015. “Scaling up climate financing is essential for the region to keep its commitments to the Paris Agreement, adopted at last year’s ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable to Idriss Deby, President of Chad, congratulating him on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day. Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin ...