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2/26/25, 9:25 AM 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.

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.

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 Hernandez, Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism of

Colombia, a CEPA partner since April 2024.

Al Zeyoudi said the meetings serve to strengthen the UAE's position as an important
partner for economic development across the world. "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

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