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UAE: Al Zeyoudi engages with senior officials,

ministers to accelerate trade ties in high-potential

markets

The discussions centred on ways 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.

ANI

Updated At : 06:11 AM Feb 15, 2025 IST
Dubai [UAE], February 15 (ANI/WAM): Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign
Trade, has held a series of high-level meetings with senior officials, ministers, and business leaders
during the World Governments Summit, in which he underlined the UAE's commitment to trade and
innovation as key drivers of long-term, sustainable growth.

The discussions centred on ways 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.

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 willingness to cement ties to a region with well-developed manufacturing and food-
production sectors.

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With Manoa Seru Nakausabaria Kamikamica, Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, the talks revolved
around logistics, the fishing industry and the importance of moving forward with climate-mitigation
policies.

Improving connections to Latin America was the subject of the conversations with Gabriela Garcia,
Minister of Economy of Guatemala and Felix Ulloa, Vice President of El Salvador, while trade and
investment with the key industrial state of Michigan, USA was the focus of the discussions with
Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

He also held talks with Erkki Keldo, Minister of Economy and Industry of Estonia, and Ismael M'Fala
Nabe, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Guinea.

The World Government Summit also provided the opportunity to review several of the UAE's
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements.

Thani was able to meet Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Vietnam, with which the UAE signed a CEPA with in October 2024, and Luis Carlos Reyes

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