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2/26/25, 9:20 AM WGS 2025: UAE's Al Zeyoudi meets with senior officials, ministers to grow trade ties with key markets
WGS 2025: UAE’s Al Zeyoudi meets with senior officials, ministers to grow trade ties with key markets
Discussions centered on pathways to deepen collaboration, accelerate the flow of goods
and services and direct investments into priority sectors

The World Government Summit also provided the opportunity to review several of the UAE’s Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreements (Image: WAM)
Published: Fri 14 Feb 2025, 1:15 PM
Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade, held a series of high-
level meetings with senior officials, ministers and business leaders during the World Governments
Summit 2025, in which he underlined the UAE’s commitment to trade and innovation as key drivers
of long-term, sustainable growth.
The discussions centered on pathways to deepen collaboration, accelerate the flow of goods and
services and direct investments into priority sectors such as energy, logistics, food security and
advanced technology.

“The UAE has a long-standing belief that foreign trade and investment are the key to sustainable
economic development, industrial productivity and innovation. My meetings with ministers this
week have highlighted that nations across the world are not only keen to expand their trade
networks but make trade simpler, faster and more efficient,” Al Zeyoudi stated.
Al Zeyoudi meets with key officials
In his meetings with Liza Araneta-Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines, and Sonexay Siphandone,
Prime Minister of Laos, Al Zeyoudi restated the increasing importance of the ASEAN region to the
UAE, and the nation’s willingness to cement ties to a region with well-developed manufacturing and
food-production sectors.

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