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Uganda wants to enhance the cooperation with the UAE in international security and
economy, and the growth of partnership in business is a top priority, the Foreign
Minister emphasised.

UAE’s support for Horn of Africa’s peace

Uganda seeks the UAE’s cooperation for peace and development of the Horn of Africa,
he said.

“The relationship between Uganda and the UAE is going to grow stronger and more
intimate, considering that UAE is very close to the East Africa, particularly the Horn of
Africa. It is a relatively fragile region as we speak.”

Uganda is looking forward to the UAE’s cooperation to end violence in the region and
create an environment for development, Gen. Abubakhar stressed.

He appreciated the UAE for successfully organising COP28, the UN Climate
Conference in Dubai in December. The Foreign Minister expressed his happiness over
the headway made by the COP28 in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate
change.

“We have been able to get some consensus on how we can work together between the
developed and the developing world.”

Uganda as chair of the Group of 77 plus China (G77+China), the largest negotiating
bloc of developing countries in the United Nations; and the UAE as chair of COP28 can
have a “more interesting and more energised journey to deal with the challenges of
climate change,” the top diplomat added.

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