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Press Release

Minister of Economy meets with Czech ministers to explore

strengthening of economic partnership and enhance cooperation in

priority sectors

Both parties affirm the importance of continuing to activate the outcomes
of the Joint Economic Committee

Abu Dhabi, 13 May 2025 – H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy, held
two high-level meetings with Czech government officials - H.E. Jan Lipavský, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and H.E. Petr Kolář, Minister of Regional Development - on the sidelines of the World
Tourism Forum that took place in Prague on 12 and 13 May 2025. The discussions centered on
accelerating economic cooperation in strategic sectors aligned with both countries’ growth visions,
reinforcing their shared commitment to sustainable development and innovation-driven prosperity.

H.E. Bin Touq underscored the robust and steadily expanding relations between the UAE and the
Czech Republic, marked by deepening alignment and mutual understanding across key
developmental sectors in recent years. His Excellency highlighted that the establishment of the
Joint Economic Committee in 2024 marked a key milestone in advancing bilateral ties, laying the
groundwork for a structured partnership through a forward-looking agenda designed to unlock new
avenues of collaboration in high-priority sectors.

During the meetings, H.E. outlined the UAE’s strategic roadmap to strengthen global economic
partnerships, with a focus on expanding collaboration with friendly nations in transformative fields
such as the new economy, advanced technology, digital transformation, and entrepreneurship. He
emphasized the UAE’s proactive approach to fostering an open, integrated, and future-ready
partnership with the Czech Republic—a dynamic economic hub in Central Europe endowed with
vast potential across diverse and vital industries.

The Minister of Economy said: “The meetings explored ways to enhance the economic ties between
the two countries and to establish a partnership model based on openness and integration, in light
of the shared aspirations of both leaderships to develop these relations.”

Continuing to activate the outputs of the Joint Economic Committee between the two
countries

H.E. Jan Lipavský and H.E. Bin Touq explored actionable strategies to maximize the outcomes of

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