June, 2018

• 27 June

  UAE-Hong Kong trade grows to $10.9bn in 2017

  

  HONG KONG / WAM The total trade between the UAE and Hong Kong increased to $ 10.87 billion in 2017 from $10.59 billion in 2016, according to Hong Kong government statistics, obtained by Emirates News Agency (WAM). The UAE is participating in the Third Belt and Road (BnR) Summit, being held in Hong Kong. Abdullah Al Saleh, Under-Secretary for Foreign ...

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• 27 June

  Smart Dubai, FCSA enhance support for UN data forum

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA) signed a strategic partnership agreement with Smart Dubai, to enhance cooperation for supporting the 2nd United Nations World Data Forum 2018. The forum will be held in the UAE in October, with over 1500 experts in the field of data and statistics from countries of the world expected to ...

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• 27 June

  UAE calls for zero tolerance policy towards terror groups

  

  NEW YORK / WAM The UAE called for a zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism in all its forms including those who commit and support terrorism and reiterated its commitment to working with its regional and international partners to confront extremism and terrorism in order to restore stability in the Arab region at the UN General Assembly. Salem Al Zaabi, Head of ...

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• 27 June

  Arab quartet to submit Qatar airspace dispute to ICJ

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt have decided to submit the issue of the sovereign airspace of the four Arab countries with Qatar which is being considered at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on the grounds that ICAO was not competent to consider that dispute. ...

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• 27 June

  UAE OKs ‘innovation strategy in insurance sector for 2018–2021’

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Insurance Authority, has approved the “Innovation Strategy in the Insurance Sector for 2018 – 2021.” He approved the strategy on the sidelines of the “3rd Innovation Lab in the Insurance Sector,” which was organised by the Insurance Authority in Dubai, with the attendance of ...

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• 27 June

  Emirates eyes more Lebanese cabin crew

  

  Beirut / Emirates Business Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is looking for Lebanese candidates to join its multinational cabin crew team. The Dubai-based airline is holding two Cabin Crew recruitment open days at Jounieh and Beirut. The Open Day at Jounieh will be held at 8.00am sharp on July 3 at Hotel Burj on Bay, Main Road, Kfar Yassine. ...

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• 27 June

  Grandweld reinforces the value of ‘Made in UAE’

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Grandweld, the pioneering UAE-based shipyard, is participating in the International Tug, Salvage & OSV Convention and Exhibition (ITS), which is currently held in Marseille, France until June 29. Grandweld is showing its manufacturing capabilities, while focusing on its outstanding strengths in tug, salvage and offshore service boat repair and maintenance. ITS 2018 is an exceptional event ...

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• 27 June

  Masdar, Equinor to trial world’s first battery storage facility connected to wind farm

  PETERHEAD / WAM Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), and the Norwegian multinational energy company (Equinor), (formerly Statoil) have installed, and will soon begin testing, a new battery system designed to store electricity generated by Hywind Scotland, the world’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm. The battery storage solution is the first in the world to be connected to an offshore wind ...

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• 27 June

  UAE, S Korea explore growth opportunities in energy sector

  

  SEOUL / WAM Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and ADNOC Group CEO, met on Wednesday with South Korea’s Foreign Minister, Kang Kyung-wha, during a two-day visit to Seoul, aimed at strengthening economic ties with South Korea and exploring market growth opportunities in the energy sector. During the meeting Dr Al Jaber conveyed the greetings of ...

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• 27 June

  UNHCR briefed on UAE’s extensive projects in Aden

  Aden / WAM Saeed Al Ali, Head of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), in the Yemeni interim capital Aden, has met with a delegation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), headed by Jacqueline Parlevliet, Head of UNHCR Sub Office in Yemen. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the ERC’s humanitarian and relief activities as part of ...

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