Bloomberg Iraq joined the United Arab Emirates and Oman in calling for OPEC and allied producers to stick with their agreement to cut oil output until the end of the year, despite recent price gains. Output cuts by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and fellow producers have contributed to stability in the oil market, and Iraq supports OPEC’s decision ...

DUBAI / WAM Director of Dubai Customs, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, held a meeting with Emmanuel Kamarianakis, Consul-General of Canada in Dubai. The two discussed means of boosting cooperation between Canada and Dubai especially in bilateral trade and customs business. “It’s very important for us to boost ties of partnership with Canadian diplomatic missions and business councils and corporates. We have ...

DUBAI / WAM The number of Russian tourists travelling to the GCC in 2020 is expected to be 38 percent higher than the arrival figures recorded for 2016, according to data published recently by Arabian Travel Market (ATM 2018), which takes place at Dubai World Trade Centre from April 22 to 25. Looking at the economic drivers, the value of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Interior of Saudi Arabia, who is currently visiting the country, in Al Ain on Saturday. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Board of Directors of the UAE Central Bank held its first meeting for 2018 at the Central Bank Head Office – Abu Dhabi, under the chairmanship of Khalifa Mohammed Al Kindi, Chairman of the Board. The meeting was attended by Khalid Juma Al Majid, Deputy Chairman, Mubarak Rashed Al Mansoori, the Governor, and Board members ...

New Delhi / WAM Dr Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Banna, UAE Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India, and Arun Jaitley, India’s Minister of Finance, discussed means of boosting bilateral relations between the two friendly nations, especially in trade and investment. During the meeting, held at the Ministry of Finance headquarters in New Delhi, Dr Al-Banna said that the relations between ...

Warsaw / WAM Dr Youssef Issa Hassan Al Sabri, UAE Ambassador to Poland, has met with Dilya Pazilova Mukhlis, Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), Business Development Manager for CIS and Eastern Europe at the UAE Ministry of Economy, at the embassy headquarters. The meeting discussions sought to strengthen cooperation between the UAE and Poland, as well as means to promote active ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP), warned health care practitioners and community members about the risks involved in using silicone injections, which are falsely promoted as approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Injections used to enhance the size of buttocks, breasts and other parts of the body can lead to serious injuries ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) on Saturday hosted Miguel Angel Moratinos, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, for a talk on 21st Century diplomacy and Europe’s foreign policy in the Middle East. Moratinos addressed EDA students on the changing role of diplomats in a world of social media and instant media reporting. A veteran, who ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE provided over 254.4 million units of polio vaccine to more than 43 million Pakistani children between 2014 and 2017, through its anti-polio drive in the country. The UAE-Pakistan Assistance Programme (UAE-PAP), was launched under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al ...